Abstract:Objective To explore the effect of membrane anatomy combined with total thyroidectomy on the treatment of thyroid carcinoma and the protection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in patients.Methods Totally 120 patients with thyroid cancer admitted to the department of general surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of technology were randomly divided into study group and control group. The study group underwent membrane anatomy combined with thyroid cancer excision, and the control group underwent total thyroidectomy. The recovery time of recurrent laryngeal nerve function, the proportion of recurrent laryngeal nerve function injury, complications, survival rate, and recurrence or metastasis were observed.Results The proportion of patients with injury of recurrent laryngeal nerve function in study group (3.81%) was lower than that in control group (21.67%) (P < 0.05), and the recovery time of recurrent laryngeal nerve function in study group (22.41 ± 2.17) days was shorter than that in control group (63.53 ± 10.13) days (P < 0.05). The incidence of complications after postoperative treatment in the study group was 10%, which was lower than that in the control group 25% (P < 0.05). The metastasis rate 0% and recurrence rate 0% in the study group were lower than those in the control group 10% and 11.67% was low (P < 0.05).Conclusion Membrane dissection combined with total thyroidectomy can protect the recurrent laryngeal nerve during radical thyroidectomy.