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Chinese Archives of General Surgery(Electronic Edition) ›› 2016, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (01): 50-52. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1674-0793.2016.01.009

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Effects of medical carboxymethyl-chitosan on improving patients' neck activity and comfort after thyroidectomy

Chunli Zhang1,(), Jiangtao Yu1, Hongshan Wang1, Hanbing Xie1, Deli Sun1, Dayong Yang1, Yunzhan Xia1   

  1. 1. Department of General Surgery, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou 450003, China
  • Received:2015-09-10 Online:2016-02-01 Published:2016-02-01
  • Contact: Chunli Zhang
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Abstract:

Objective

To study the effects of medical carboxymethyl-chitosan on improving pa-tients' neck activity and comfort after thyroid surgery.

Methods

Clinical data of 96 patients, who re-ceived thyroid surgery in People's Hospital of Zhengzhou from January to September 2013 were analyzed. They were divided into 2 groups: experimental group and control group. In experimental group, medical carboxymethyl-chitosan was placed between the trachea and the anterior muscles of the neck, between the anterior muscles of the neck and the skin flap after patients' thyroid surgery. But medical carboxymethyl-chitosan was not used in the control group. The patients' neck activity and comfort were evaluated 30 and 90 days after thyroid surgery.

Results

The patients' neck activity and comfort under the incision were significantly improved in the experimental group than the control group at day 30 and day 90 after thyroid surgery (Z1=-5.652, P1=0.000; Z2=-6.418, P2=0.000).

Conclusions

Medical carboxymethyl-chitosan has a good effect on improving patients' neck activity and comfort after thyroid surgery. It is worth to be applied and extended in the clinic.

Key words: Chitin, Thyroidectomy, Head and neck

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