Comparison of the surgical stress between endoscopic thyroidectomy via anterior chest approach and conventional thyroidectomy / 中华耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the difference in surgical stress between gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy through anterior chest approach and conventional thyroidectomy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The patients with thyroid nodules who would undergo thyroidectomy between November 2006 and February 2008 in Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, were randomly divided into gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy group or conventional thyroidectomy group, with 25 cases and 22 cases respectively. Before and after surgery, white blood cell count (WBC), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured to assess the surgical stress response.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>At 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after surgery, no significant difference was found between the two groups in WBC (t = -0.172, 1.774 and 2.039 respectively, P > 0.05), serum CRP (t = -0.927, -1.701 and -1.813, P > 0.05) and IL-6 (t = 0.098, -2.019 and -1.121, P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The stress response of gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy is similar with that of conventional thyroidectomy.</p>