Specifics of preoperative care, intraoperative monitoring and postoperative evaluation of patients with thyroid carcinoma

The aim of the study was to show the standards of preoperative management, intraoperative monitoring and postoperative evaluation of patients with thyroid gland carcinoma. It was point out the importance of the preoperative diagnosis of the tumor, and the concurrent diseases. The special attention was paid to difficult airway recognition and resolving this situation. Both, anesthetist's and surgeon's point of view of perioperative and postoperative complications were discussed with special interest on early surgical complications and the need for urgent anesthetic treatment. Criteria for minimal and desirable monitoring of vital functions were suggested in order to prevent, recognize and cure complications. Our conclusions were based on recent references from the world literature and on our own experience in Center for endocrine surgery KCS, Belgrade.