Thyroidectomy

Precision and hemostasis are crucial parts of a thyroidectomy, and having the right instruments available can make a large impact on the post-op pain and recovery time of your patient, as well as your total time in the OR.

Our HARMONIC FOCUS® Curved Shears offers just this kind of precise cutting. The curved blade allows you to cut and coagulate vessels and tissue at the same time. And with fewer instrument exchanges, they can reduce time spent in the OR by as much a 30 minutes.*

Using ultrasonic energy, HARMONIC FOCUS Devices minimize lateral thermal spread and injury of tissue.

HARMONIC FOCUS Devices may be used to:

• Expose the thyroid
• Transect and seal the superior pole and inferior pole vessels (up to 5mm)
• Mobilize the thyroid lobe(s)

Additionally, our wound closure devices provide you with the strength and protection you need.

STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices – a unique anchoring technology to maintain closure without knots:

• More consistent tension control and approximation with each pass than with traditional sutures
• Strength and security of interrupted suturing without knot-related complications^{1,122,123,133,141,145,150,153}
• More efficient than continuous suturing with traditional sutures^{1,122,123,133,141,145,150,153}

DERMABOND ADVANCED™ Topical Skin Adhesive – a unique formulation that provides patients with a triad of benefits when used in addition to sutures

• Adds strength ex vivo¹
• Inhibits bacteria in vitro^117,†
• Provides a flexible microbial barrier^117,‡

MONOCRYL™ Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone 25) Sutures provide benefits required for ideal subcuticular skin closure

• Provides strength through critical healing period (5-7 days)
• Protection against bacterial colonization of the suture by organisms commonly associated with surgical site infections
• Monofilament design that passes smoothly through tissue^186,187