Ligation of thyroid arteries for vascular goiter, B. Enokhina. Scientific notes of Kazan University. XI-XII. 1907 year

The author begins his work by setting out the advantages that the ligation of the thyroid arteries has in comparison with other methods of treating goiter (especially vascular): - these advantages consist in the ability to avoid bleeding, sometimes fatal, generally inevitable with other methods, then postoperative cachexia, so just as when ligating the arteries, the slowly developing atrophy never covers the organ as a whole, leaving at the same time the body the opportunity to gradually adapt to the partial atrophy of the gland; finally, when ligating the arteries, the injury to the immediate and adjacent parts is very insignificant. The effect of the operation is beneficial: the subjective symptoms of goiter (dyspnea, palpitations) quickly disappear, and the tumor regresses almost to the size of a normal gland — the general nutrition and development of the body goes forward.