Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disorders

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Imaging and Theranostics".

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Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue “Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disorders”.

Thyroid disorder is an umbrella term which comprises a wide spectrum of disorders that affect the function and/or size of the thyroid gland. The most common disorders include hyper or hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and thyroid cancers.

Over the last few decades, with the increasing use of sensitive imaging techniques, the proportion of detected thyroid nodules has increased. Consequently, we need to answer several crucial questions: What are the next steps in diagnosis? How and when do we treat those nodules?

This Special Issue “Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disorders” aims to promote research that will advance our current knowledge in the field of thyroid disorders. Included papers need to explore diagnostic challenges in thyroid cancers and to present novel techniques in managing thyroid disorders such as radiofrequency ablation, laser ablation or therapeutic procedures like tyrosine kinase inhibitors for advanced malignant disease. 

In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews and case presentations are welcome.

I am looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Vladan Zivaljevic
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • thyroid disease management
  • diagnosis of thyroid disease
  • novel procedures
  • thyroid disorders
  • thyroid cancer

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Influence of Anesthesiology Protocol on the Quality of Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring During Thyroid Surgery, One-Year Single Center Experience
by Marina Stojanovic, Milan Jovanovic, Matija Buzejic, Tanja Maravic, Branislav Rovcanin, Nikola Slijepcevic, Katarina Tausanovic and Vladan Zivaljevic
Diagnostics 2024, 14(21), 2351; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14212351 - 22 Oct 2024
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Background/Objectives: Anesthesia plays a very important role in the successful management of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM). The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of anesthesia induction and maintenance on the quality of signals during surgeries on the thyroid and parathyroid glands [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Anesthesia plays a very important role in the successful management of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM). The aim of our study was to investigate the impact of anesthesia induction and maintenance on the quality of signals during surgeries on the thyroid and parathyroid glands using neuromonitoring. Methods: The study included 72 patients who underwent surgery with IONM for one year. All the patients were intubated using a Glidescope videolaryngoscope with a hyperangulated blade. Two different approaches were used to facilitate intubation: succinylcholine-1 mg/kg and rocuronium bromide-0.3 mg/kg. For anesthesia maintenance, total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) or combined anesthesia was used. Patients’ body movements during operations, as well as electromyography signals from the vagus and recurrent laryngeal nerves before resection, were recorded as V1 and R1. Results: Intraoperative unwanted movements were recorded in 25% of patients. Undesired movements were more frequently recorded in the TIVA group compared to the combined anesthesia group (p < 0.001) as well as in patients who received succinylcholine compared to patients who received rocuronium bromide (p = 0.028). Type of anesthesia maintenance as well as type of muscle relaxant did not affect the quality of recorded nerve signals. (p = 0.169 and p = 0.894, respectively). Conclusions: The type of muscle relaxant used significantly affects the occurrence of undesirable movements during thyroid surgery with IONM, while the type of anesthesia maintenance did not influence either the quality of the obtained signal or the occurrence of undesirable movements. Full article
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