Objective. To ground from clinical, topographo-anatomical positions the choice of the most rational techniques of parathyroidectomy in patients with hyperparathyroidism, which permit to reduce the intraoperative injury, to minimize operative complications, persistence and hyperparathyroidism relapse rates, to elevate the quality of life. Materials and methods. The research had two stages. Topographo-anatomical stage was realized at two levels: 1) on the anatomical material including 15 dead bodies; 2) on the plated end-grain cuttings of the dead bodies necks (n = 4). During a clinical stage, the results of examination and treatment of 182 patients with hyperparathyroidism, operated with traditional and different minimally invasive techniques, were studied. Results. The analysis of short-term results of surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism patients in the retrospective group allowed determining the starting points for the topographo-anatomical stage of the research. The data received during the topographo-anatomical stage permitted to substantiate the choice of minimally invasive endoscopically-assisted technique for parathyroidectomy as the most rational and safety one. Introduction of the study results into surgical treatment of patients of the prospective group showed the efficiency of MIVAP technique in the form of decrease in the frequency of surgical complications from 12.1 to 6.0 % (all complications are attributed to I and II degree by Clavien-Dindo classification and had transitory character) with the reduction of the time of operative intervention and average duration of hospital treatment after the surgery. Conclusions. Minimally invasive endoscopically-assisted parathyroidectomy with the lateralization of the lobe of the thyroid gland, preservation of the upper and lower thyroid vessels in conditions of intraoperative neuromonitoring and photodynamic visualization of the parathyroid gland can be considered an optimal surgical technique.
Objective. To reflect new information on the typical anatomy of the neck in brief notes for endocrine surgeons from the classical positions and research methods of the school of Academician V.N. Shevkunenko. Materials and methods. The design of the study (from 1994 to the present day) consisted of three main directions. While developing an optimal technique of cervical somatometry, 775 healthy individuals (300/38.7 % men, 475/61.3 % women) were examined. The topographo-anatomical block 426 unfixed corpses of persons who died suddenly (290/68 % men, 136/32 % women). Section, dissection, plastination, morphometry, anthropometry, standard histological technique were used. The clinical part of the study included 214 patients (28/13.1 % men, 186/86.9 % women). Results. The article presents the data of analysis and systematization of accumulated data on the typical anatomy of the neck in the form of a brief abstract for operating surgeons from the classical positions of topographic anatomists of Voronezh and St. Petersburg schools of Academician V.N. Shevkunenko. Conclusions. The revealed new typical features of the shape, sizes, structure and position of the thyroid gland (presence or absence of the pyramidal lobe, retrothyroid processes, Zuckerkandl's tubercle), its blood supply, basic and additional guidelines for the search and visualization of the parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerve during surgery and preoperative diagnosis, the concept of high-risk areas of surgical actions, the features of the bilateral symmetrical and/or asymmetric arrangement and structure of the anatomical formations of the neck can be used during the surgery, widely introduced into the educational process of students, residents, postgraduate courses and for improving the skills of endocrine surgeons during master classes.
Introduction. The information presented in the literature on the use of minimally invasive interventions in the treatment of hyperparathyroidism is not fully justified by topographical and anatomical studies and does not take into account individual features of the location and syntopia of the parathyroid glands, which requires additional scientific research.Objective.Based on the topographical and anatomical features of the structure of the anterior neck region, we determined the most rational methods of minimally invasive interventions on the parathyroid glands and evaluated their clinical effectiveness in patients with hyperparathyroidism.Methods and materials. The design of the study consisted of two stages – topographical and anatomical, and clinical. Topographical and anatomical stage was performed on 2 levels: 1) on anatomical material, which included 15 human cadavers; 2) on plastinated cross sections of the neck (n=44) of human cadavers. During the clinical stage, we studied results of examination and treatment of 53 patients with hyperparathyroidism, who underwent surgery using three methods: Сonventional (n=18/34 %); Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy (n=32/60 %) and Transoral Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy Vestibular Approach (n=3/6 %).Results. During the topographical and anatomical stage, the validity and safety of minimally invasive video-assisted parathyroidectomy was proved. The use of this access in clinical practice as an alternative to the conventional one has shown its effectiveness in reducing the frequency of specific postoperative complications from 16.7 to 6.3 % with an acceptable increase in the duration of surgery from (42.8±15.7) to (64.4±23.5) minutes and maintaining the average duration of inpatient treatment after surgery at the level of (3.4±0.6) days.Conclusion. Minimally invasive video-assisted parathyroidectomy can be considered the operation of choice in the treatment of patients with hyperparathyroidism. The use of this technique with the implementation of lateralization of the thyroid lobe, the preservation of the superior and inferior thyroid vessels, as well as the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring and identification of pathological and normal parathyroid tissue by fluorescent labeling with 5-aminolevulinic acid can improve the results of surgical treatment, reduce the number of postoperative complications, the frequency of persistence and relapse of the disease, and improve the quality of life of patients.
The Russian military surgeon Nikolai Korotkov is known worldwide, mainly among internists and cardiovascular specialists, as the discoverer of the auscultatory method of measuring arterial blood pressure in 1905. This article reveals him as one of the first military vascular surgeons to carefully investigate, analyze, and register cases of vascular injury during his voluntarily trips to the Russian Far East in 1900 to 1901 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905. Examining 44 patients with extremity arterial and arterial-venous pseudoaneurysms following war-related injury, he routinely performed a measure termed the "arterial pressure index" using "Korotkov sounds." This pioneering approach to assessing extremity perfusion was the precursor to the modern-day ankle-brachial and injured extremity indices, and it initiated the quantitative assessment of the compensatory ability of the vascular system to restore circulation following axial artery ligation. Because of high thrombosis rates following direct vessel repair during his day, he proposed use of pharmacologic substances such as digitalis and amyl nitrite to improve extremity perfusion. As evidence of his innovative nature, Korotkov even proposed the use of "oxygenated nutrient solutions" in the future to improve extremity circulation. More than 100 years after his work, as continuous wave Doppler ultrasound, contrast angiography, and computed tomography are ubiquitous as diagnostic tools, the practice of surgery would be well served to recall Korotkov's foundational work and the rule of thumb for any physician: examine the patient.
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