IF THIS SOUND IS HEARD, YOUR NERVES ARE PROTECTED.

The system that protects the nerves in thyroid surgery, Chief Physician General Surgery Op. Dr. Orçun Oral is used by ŞENTÜRK.

Thus, surgery can be performed without damaging the patients' nerves and vocal cords.

Which Patients Should Have Thyroid Surgery?

While the range of patients who need to have thyroid surgery has been quite wide in the past, the situation has changed positively in today's medical technology. In the thyroid gland, we operate patients with nodules larger than 3 cm or pathologically suspicious nodules, although smaller than 3 cm. Nodules that have cancer cells in the thyroid gland or grow suddenly also mean candidate patients for surgery. Even if the nodule is absent, people who are overworking the thyroid gland and who cannot use drugs for a long time are candidates for surgery. Not every patient with thyroid gland disease, nodule is operated, the decision is made after appropriate indications.

Do the vocal cords get damaged after thyroid surgery?

It is important for every person to be able to use their vocal cords in a healthy way. This is even more important to many people who use their voice while practicing their profession, such as teachers and singers. The vocal cords, the vocal nerves, pass near both thyroid glands. In thyroid surgeries, the surgeon tries to protect the voice nerves; however, the voice nerves are thin and can be mixed with other tissues.

Is there a method to protect the vocal cord in thyroid surgeries?

“Audio nerve imaging device” can be used to protect the vocal cords during thyroid surgery. Surgeons who use and use this technology in their hospital; distinguish the voice nerves with a different signal during surgery. The surgeon can distinguish the voice nerves with the tool he uses while performing the surgery. In this way, the voice nerves can be protected during thyroid surgery.

What is the Post-Surgery Process?

Our patients who have thyroid surgery can usually be discharged after 1 day of hospitalization. If no cancerous cells are found in the post-operative pathology report, we continue our follow-up in a routine process. Many of our patients can return to their normal lives shortly after thyroid surgery.

No need to hesitate if thyroid surgery is done in the right hands

Our patients who have thyroid gland diseases, who are candidates for surgery, physicians performing endocrine surgery and “Thyroid nerve imaging device” can return to their normal lives in a short time without encountering problems such as loss of voice after the operations.

Thyroid Surgery Has Been Protected

Explanations of Dr. Orçun Oral Şentürk about the surgery of our 52-year-old patient, Fadime Çiçek, who came to Istanbul with the suspicion of thyroid cancer from Malatya: we did. Our patient's nerve was not in a normal anatomical structure, it was a patient with an anomaly, and it was an open case that could be made during surgery. Thanks to the "Thyroid imaging device" we used, we had the chance to take the whole thyroid without injuring the nerves. After the operation, the patient's voice was in a very good condition, and we discharged one day after hospitalization without any postoperative complications such as hypocalcemia.

Kiss. Dr. Orçun Oral Senturk
General Surgery
surgeon general
Medilife Çapa Hospital