• Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu Province, China;
RENZe-qiang, Email: RZQ0805@189.cn
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Objective To analyze the clinical effective of differentiated thyroid cancer and approach the correct treatment methods for it. Method The clinical and postoperative follow-up data of 137 patients with differentiated thy-roid cancer treated in this hospital from 2002 to 2012 were analyzed retrospectively. Results One hundred and thirty-seven patients accepted individualization surgery, conventionalⅥregion lymph node dissection, and postoperative com-prehensive therapy.The rate of lymph node metastasis was 53.28%(73/137).Ⅵregion lymph node was confirmed to be positive by pathology which performedⅡ+Ⅲ+Ⅳregion lymph node dissection, the rate of lymph node metastasis was 41.10%(30/73).Multivariate analysis showed that penetrate capsule, pathologic type, and TNM stage were the independent risk factors for lymph nodes metastasis (P < 0.05).No death occurred perioperative period.The temporary hoarseness was found in 4 cases (2.92%), short-term hypocalcemia in 11 cases (8.03%).During postoperative average 6.5 years of follow-up, there were 5 cases (3.65%) of local recurrence, 11 cases (8.03%) of cervical lymph node meta-stasis, 3 cases (2.19%) of distant metastasis including 1 case of bone metastasis and 2 cases of pulmonary metastasis, and 16 cases (11.68%) of reoperation. Conclusion Individualized surgical options, conventionalⅥregion lymph node dissection, and close follow-up management could reduce the postoperative complications and guarantee the treatment effect of differentiated thyroid cancer.

Citation: ZHUANGBu-qiang, RENZe-qiang, ZHANGXiu-zhong, ZHANGChong, ZHANGPeng-bo. Clinical Analysis of Diagnosis and Treatment for 137 Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2014, 21(2): 192-196. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20140044 Copy

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