Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Surgical Chronicles, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.18-20, 2017 (Scopus)
Retrosternal goiters are mostly located in the anterior mediastinum, acording to literature, less often in the posterior mediastinum are located. Posterior mediastinal goiters can be removed to transcervical approach just as anterior mediastinal goiters. In spite of anterior localized goiters, surgical resection of the posterior mediastinal goiters have more complicated process and more frequently require sternotomy, thoracoscopy or thoracotomy approach. Extratranscervical approach when compared with cervical approach it has serious complications which can lead to higher morbidity and mortality. Those complications are variable and each one is specific to the patient. Here in we present a giant posterior mediastinal goiter case which grew into posterior mediastine extending to the azygous vein. Most of the retrosternal goitres transthoracic approach can be requirement, depending on the size and the elongation. In contrast, retrosternal goitres in some appropriate cases can remove successfully with standard cervical collar incision.