Issue 2 (2010)

Aim of investigation is a detection of the autoimmune process development prophylaxis new method effectiveness at operative treatment of a nodular goiter.

Materials and Methods. The results of a clinical observation of 19 patients, undergoing the extracapsular hemithyroidectomy, are analyzed. A new method of the autoimmune process prophylaxis was used in 9 cases at operative interventions.

Results. There were no complications after operations. The titers of antibodies to a thyroid peroxidase in a month after operation were within the reference meaning limits in all the 9 cases.

Conclusion. An infusion of a hydrocortisone acetate suspension with a hydrochloride lidocaine permits to prevent the autoimmune process development in a conserved thyroid tissue at operative interventions on occasion of a nodular goiter and decrease a probability of a postoperative hypothyrosis appearance.