Objective: To evaluate early results of thyroid cancer surgery
using Ligasure at Thai Nguyen General Hospital. Subjects: The study subjects included 80 thyroid cancer patients who
were treated surgically using Ligasure knives at Thai Nguyen General Hospital
from September 2022 to March 2023. Methods: Cluster
descriptive prospective disease case. Results: The mean
age was 48.33 ± 12.67 years old, the lowest was 17 years old, the highest was
75 years old. Gender ratio: female (87.5%), male (12.5%), Female/male ratio =
7/1. Partition on ultrasound TIRADS 4 accounts for the majority. The majority
of patients underwent total thyroidectomy (92.5%), the majority had cervical
lymph node dissection (94.9%). The average surgical time was 78.5 ± 37.8
minutes. Average blood loss during surgery: 23 ± 9.8 ml. The duration of
draining from 12-24 hours accounted for 77.5%. Common complications after
surgery: hypoparathyroidism (12.5%), recurrent nerve damage (2.5%), thoracic
duct fistula (1.3%). Overall good results after surgery: 1 week (87.5%); 1
month (97.5%).