Spring returns to the earth, everything recovers, and in this season of hope. Mr. Zhou from Linyi, Shandong Province, also had a big event in his heart. It turned out that Mr. Zhou's mother was in great pain due to goiter, and the symptoms of compression were obvious, breathing was difficult, and her condition was critical.
"Half a year ago, my mother noticed that her neck was inexplicably swollen and felt as if it were an egg-sized lump. Usually the symptoms are not very obvious, but there is a feeling of wheezing after each exercise. But she always thinks that it is not a big problem, and she can carry it through. After two months like this, the feeling of wheezing became more and more pronounced, and sometimes woke up when sleeping at night, and could not lie flat due to breathing restrictions, and occasionally the voice became hoarse. At this time, I felt that I could not wait any longer, and at my strong request, I took my mother to the local county hospital for treatment. Examination at the county hospital found that the left lobe of the thyroid gland was significantly enlarged and extended into the chest cavity, and the main trachea was pressurized and narrowed. If the surgery is not performed in time, it is afraid that it will develop to completely block the main trachea, resulting in the inability to breathe, and there is a risk of suffocation, which requires immediate surgery. However, due to the limited surgical technology and equipment of the local county hospital, we went on to run six or seven hospitals. But there are those who say they can't see it, those who say they don't have beds, and those who directly let them go to the hospital in Beijing...
At that time, we were almost desperate, and our family could not lift their spirits at all, and there was no way to go to the doctor. Fortunately, I did not give up, these days at home, I looked up information on the Internet every day, and searched for professional hospitals in Shandong Province on the short video platform, and found that Zou Jidong, director of Shandong ENT Hospital, had a very high degree of professionalism and evaluation, so I came to Shandong Provincial ENT Hospital with the attitude of trying it out. After carefully reviewing the examination report, Director Zou was very confident in letting us be admitted to the hospital for treatment, and instantly felt that he had finally grasped the life-saving straw. Mr. Zhou said happily.
After being admitted to the hospital to improve the examination, Director Zou Jidong diagnosed Ms. Jin as "retrosternal nodular goiter" based on the patient's medical history, signs and auxiliary examinations. Intensive CT of the neck and chest shows that part of the goiter is located in the posterior mediastinum of the sternum, extending downward to the level of tracheal bifurcation and narrowing of the main tracheal pressure displacement. There are currently significant symptoms of tracheal compression, and surgical removal of the thyroid mass is the only effective way to resolve tracheal compression. However, part of the mass is located in the mediastinal diaphragm posterior sternum, and the tracheal pressure displacement is significantly narrowed, and the risk of anesthesia and surgery is greater. Director Zou specially invited the directors of thoracic surgery, anesthesiology, respiratory and other directors to conduct multidisciplinary consultations, synthesize the opinions of various departments, and jointly assist Ms. Jin in performing goiterectomy and recurrent laryngeal nerve exploration. During the operation, the left side of the thyroid gland is enlarged, leaf-like, and the parenchymal ligament is nodule, and no normal glandular tissue can be retained. The upper pole of the left thyroid gland reaches the level of the hyoid bone, the lateral side to the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the lower pole to the level of tracheal bifurcation, and the maximum diameter of the left lobe of the thyroid gland is about 15×5×5 cm. After complete resection of the mass, the recurrent laryngeal nerve is intact, and the upper left and lower left parathyroid glands are well-transported and retained in situ. The procedure went smoothly in one go. The postoperative effect is obvious, and you can sleep flat at night without obvious wheezing symptoms. Watching his mother gradually recover, Mr. Zhou said excitedly: "My mother finally completed the road to seek medical treatment without any danger, and after coming to Shandong ENT Hospital, her heart was touched in addition to gratitude." ”
When he was about to be discharged from the hospital, Mr. Zhou customized a pennant and wrote a letter of thanks by hand, which was solemnly sent to Director Zou Jidong. There is no shortage of words that reflect the affirmation of Zou Jidong's superb medical skills and the praise of great love and medical ethics. In the face of the praise of the patient's family, Director Zou Jidong said that he only fulfilled his duty. As a physician, you should bow down and do your best to keep your patients healthy.
Department Profile
There are more than 30 open beds in the Thyroid Disease Department of Shandong ENT Hospital, and there are 9 existing physicians, including 1 chief physician, 2 deputy chief physicians, 2 attending physicians, 2 doctors with doctorates and 7 master's degrees. The average annual outpatient volume of the department is more than 10,000 person-times. With an average annual operation volume of more than 1500 times, more than 1400 tertiary and fourth-level surgeries, including more than 1200 fourth-level surgeries, the focus is on surgical treatment and minimally invasive treatment of thyroid and parathyroid diseases, as well as clinical and basic research on related diseases. At present, the discipline has formed a thyroid disease diagnosis and treatment mode characterized by ultrasound diagnosis, puncture biopsy, fine surgery, microwave ablation, minimally invasive surgery and multidisciplinary cooperation.
The scope of business of the department and the characteristic diagnosis and treatment technology: the conventional treatment of diseases include benign nodules and malignant tumors of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Carry out representative characteristic technologies: First, parathyroid function protection technology, the incidence of permanent low calcium in total thyroidectomy is less than 1%, which is the leading level in China; Second, the standardized functional cervical lymph node dissection surgery of cervical lymph node metastasis, more than 2,000 cases were carried out, ranking the leading level in China; Third, the microwave ablation surgery of benign nodules of the thyroid and parathyroid glands has been carried out in more than 200 cases, and this technology is at the leading level in the province.