Surgery for thyroid cancer invading into the tracheal wall

Abstract

From 1997 to 2008 we ahhe cure 8 patients with papillary thyroid cancer that grows into the lumen of the trachea. All patients underwent thyroidectomy. Depending on the cancer agressiveness, 4 patients underwent circular resection of the trachea, and 4 patients underwent gradual resection. This article presents the results of treatment of patients.