Application of digital surgery technique in the operation of refractory thyroid tumors / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

In the past 10 years, digital surgery has been widely used in all aspects of clinical medicine, which has promoted the development of surgical operation to individuation and precision. By analyzing the traditional image data and transforming it into real-time images, surgeons can intuitively discover the scope of the lesion and the anatomical relationship between the lesion and the surrounding tissue through 3D visualization. 3D visualization technology plays an important role in predicting the resectability of tumor, surgical planning, surgical approach and so on. The operation of refractory thyroid tumors involves important blood vessels, trachea, esophagus and other important organs of neck and mediastinum. Adequate preoperative assessment of surgical risk and scope is necessary. This paper reviews the application of digital surgical technique in refractory thyroid tumor surgery, and analyzes the advantages of digital surgical technique used in refractory thyroid surgery.