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. 2010 Jun;62(2):108-10.
doi: 10.1007/s12070-010-0029-1. Epub 2010 Sep 24.

Coblation assisted excision of lingual thyroid

Sohrab Rabiei  1 , Mehrali Rahimi, Ali Ebrahimi
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Coblation assisted excision of lingual thyroid

Sohrab Rabiei et al. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Lingual thyroid (LT) tissue is the most frequent ectopic location of the thyroid gland. We report 5 cases of symptomatic LT and discuss the new surgical approach. Transoral approach and coblation assisted excision of LT was performed. Postoperative follow-up for all patients was like as tonsillectomy management without tracheotomy. It's seem that this approach is much better than other such as tongue-splitting, transcervical transhyoid, pharyngotomy, with an infrahyoid approach, combined cervical and intraoral approach, Mandibular midline osteotomy.

Keywords: Coblation; Lingual thyroid; Transoral excision.

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