Evaluation of the effect of Mozart music on pain and respiratory rate after thyroidectomy.

Purpose: Pain has always been a major concern in postoperative care. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of Mozart music on postoperative pain and physiological parameters in patients who underwent total thyroidectomy.

Methods: Patients scheduled for total thyroidectomy were randomly assigned to a music group or a control group.

Long-standing hypercalcemia in a 78-years old woman.

A 78 years-old woman was found with worsening hypercalcemia, osteopenia and memory loss during the past 2 years. Multiple, repeated imaging studies failed to reveal the etiology of the primary hyperparathyroidism. Bilateral neck exploration revealed a 4.

Efficacy and safety of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: a review.

Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has recently been used for the treatment of thyroid carcinomas. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RFA for treating low-risk papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). We searched the MEDLINE and the SCOPUS databases up to December 29, 2020, for studies assessing the efficacy and safety of RFA in the management of low-risk PTCs.

Health-Related Quality of Life and Cosmesis After Thyroidectomy: Long-Term Outcomes.

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after thyroidectomy has been recently reported with conflicting conclusions. In this study, we assess HRQoL and neck scar cosmesis of thyroid patients several years after thyroidectomy for benign and malignant pathology.

Methods: Three hundred and thirty patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 2000 and 2010 answered the SF-36 Health Survey and Patient Scar Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ) in 2010 and at the end of 2018.

Intravascular B-large cell lymphoma: an unexpected diagnosis of an incidental adrenal mass.

Adrenal incidentalomas originally defined as tumors discovered serendipitously in the course of diagnostic evaluation or follow-up of unrelated disorders, may occasionally pose serious diagnostic challenges. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) may be a rare example of such a case. We present an IVLBCL confined to the adrenal gland in a 52-year-old man focusing on its diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.

Carney Syndrome Presented as a Pathological Spine Fracture in a 35-Year-Old Male.

BACKGROUND Carney complex (CNC) is a genetic disorder that presents as an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent variant of endogenous Cushing syndrome. It was first reported in 1985 and was described as a form of multiple endocrine hyperplasia associated with mutations of the c-AMP-dependent protein kinase (PRKAR1A) gene that causes bilateral adrenal hyperplasia. We report a case of an incidentally found CNC in a 35-year-old male, and this case report focuses on the diagnostic scheme as well as the surgical treatment of this rare challenging condition.

Thyroid paraganglioma: a case series of a rare head and neck tumor.

Thyroid paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors. We present two cases analyzing their clinical presentation and pathology findings. A 44-year-old woman presented with a 33 mm left thyroid lobe mass.

Classic Primary Hyperparathyroidism Versus Normocalcemic and Normohormonal Variants: Do They Really Differ?

Background: Normocalcemic (NCpHPT) and normohormonal (NHpHPT) variants have been recognized primary hyperparathyroidism entities that pose serious challenges. We sought to define the differences among them in a series of surgically treated patients.

Patients And Methods: Between 2011 and 2015, 149 patients were enrolled into three groups: CpHPT (Ca > 10.

Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care (The G4 Alliance).

After decades on the margins of primary health care, surgical and anaesthesia care is gaining increasing priority within the global development arena. The 2015 publications of the Disease Control Priorities third edition on Essential Surgery and the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery created a compelling evidenced-based argument for the fundamental role of surgery and anaesthesia within cost-effective health systems strengthening global strategy. The launch of the Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care in 2015 has further coordinated efforts to build priority for surgical care and anaesthesia.

Multifocal Versus Solitary Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Background: Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) which accounts for >85 % of all thyroid cancers in iodine-rich areas, appears either as a single tumor or as two or more, neoplastic foci within the thyroid gland (Multifocal PTC). We present the comparative results between solitary and MFC PTC.

Materials And Methods: Demographics, tumor characteristics (size, laterality, foci number, histologic subtype) and TNM staging were compared between solitary and MFPTC patients.

Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review.

This study aimed to assess the efficacy of intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) in preventing recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (RLNP) during thyroid surgery. When IONM results in false positives, it seeks to evaluate contributing factors. A systematic review was conducted gauging the predictive power of neuromonitoring in determining RLN function intraoperatively, its reductions of temporary and permanent RLNP rates, and surgeons' response to the technology.

The effect of Greek herbal tea consumption on thyroid cancer: a case-control study.

Background: Although in the last decade several studies have addressed the protective role of black and green tea on several diseases, including cancer, there are only few and controversial studies on the effect of tea on benign and malignant thyroid diseases.

Methods: An age and gender group matched case-control study conducted in Athens, Greece, was designed. 113 Greek patients with histologically confirmed thyroid cancer and 286 patients with benign thyroid diseases along with 138 healthy controls were interviewed with a pre-structured questionnaire in person by trained interviewers.

Posterior retroperitoneoscopic versus laparoscopic adrenalectomy in sporadic and MENIIA pheochromocytomas.

Introduction: Retroperitoneal adrenalectomy (PRA) comprises an alternative approach in the management of adrenal tumors that has been set as the treatment of choice in our Institution. We assess the impact of PRA the management of hereditary and sporadic pheochromocytomas comparing its outcomes to the laparoscopic technique, in a case-controlled setting.

Patients And Methods: From May 2008 to January 2013, 17 patients [5 males and 12 females, mean age: 51 yrs (range 26-73)] with pheochromocytomas underwent PRA.

Patient attitudes toward transaxillary robot-assisted thyroidectomy.

Background: The transaxillary robot-assisted technique constitutes an acceptable treatment option for patients requiring thyroidectomy. However, patients' attitudes toward this new technique have not yet been analyzed.

Methods: A sample of 596 randomly selected patients who underwent thyroidectomy between January 2000 and March 2010 was assessed.

Music meets surgery: two sides to the art of "healing".

Background: The effect of music in the operating room is not fully understood. Through a systematic review the authors aim to give a conceptual presentation of the effect that music has on the pre- and postoperative course of surgical patients and on the effectiveness of the surgical work performed by both physicians and staff.

Methods: The search was conducted both on the basis of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) tree and as a text search using the Medline database (1946 to December 2011).