Anaesthesia Viva

Total Thyroidectomy for Massive Goitre

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Clinical Stem

2021.2
A 50-year-old woman has been transferred to your tertiary referral centre for a total thyroidectomy for a massive goitre with associated recent voice change. You review her on the ward as she is booked on your list for the following day. Medications: - carbimazole 15 mg bd - propranolol 40 mg bd - rosuvastatin 10 mg daily Weight 120 kg, Height 165 cm, BMI 44 kg/m2

Sections covered in this viva

Preoperative assessment of endocrine disease and airwayAirway management with limited front of neck accessStridor post extubation from bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

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