Zuckerkandl Tubercle: An important landmark in thyroid surgery. | Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP 2015

Author(s)

Zahid Mehmood Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Usman Khan Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Iram Bokhari Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Adeel Hussain Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Anis Subhan Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Mehvish Nazeer Department of Surgery, Ward 3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

Objective: To find out the frequency of Zuckerkandl Tubercle (ZT) and the position of recurrent laryngeal nerve with reference to ZK. Study Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Surgical Ward-3, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, from June 2010 to August 2011. Methodology: Patients having goiter, aged between 12 - 60 years were admitted through OPD and operated after informed written consent. After admission, they underwent surgery. ZTand recurrent laryngeal nerve position i.e. whether medial, lateral or posterior to ZTwas identified during surgery. Data was collected on pre-designed proforma and analysed on SPSS version 15 for descriptive statistics. Results: Out of the 84 patients ZTwas found in 52 (61.90%) patients. Nineteen patients had grade-I (less than 0.5 cm), 22 (42.3%) had grade-II (0.5 - 1 cm) and 11 (21.1%) had grade-III (more than 1 cm) ZT. During surgery, 33 (63.4%) patients had recurrent laryngeal nerve medial to ZT, 15 (28.8%) patients had lateral and in 4 (7.6%) patients recurrent laryngeal nerve was engraved posteriorly. Conclusion: Zuckerkandl tubercle was found in about 62% cases; recurrent laryngeal nerve was located pre-dominantly medial to ZT.

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Page(s) 495-497

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Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 25, Issue: 7, Year: 2015

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