Application of thyroid automatic retractor in thyroid surgery
CUI Jianchun1* LIU Xuewei2* JIANG Jiuzhi3 SONG Renfeng4 YU Changshuai5 GAO Yang1 MA Shuai1 LI Li1▲
1.Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, People′s Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Provincial People′s Hospital, Liaoning Province, Shenyang 110015, China;
2.Department of General Surgery, Suizhong County Hospital, Liaoning Province, Suizhong 125200, China;
3.Department of General Surgery, People′s Hospital of Huanren Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning Province, Benxi 110093, China;
4.Department of General Surgery, Yuzhong County People′s Hospital of Xining City, Qinghai Province, Xining 811600, China;
5.Department of General Surgery, Liaoning Liaoyang Dengta City Centeral Hospital, Liaoning Province, Liaoyang 111300, China
Abstract:Small incision thyroid surgery has become the mainstream of thyroid surgery in China′s first-class hospital at Grade 3 because of its obvious advantages such as safety, minimal invasiveness, cosmetic use, and low medical costs. In this study, the use of thyroid automatic retractor, combined with arched retractor to complete the retraction of the upper and lower flaps of the small incision thyroidectomy and the exposure of the surgical field, so that the surgical procedure of cutting and exposing is more simple, convenient, fast, minimally invasive, and safe. It has achieved good clinical results through clinical application in a number of county-level primary hospitals in China, and is expected to be promoted and used in a wider range of primary hospitals.