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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">sechenov</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Sechenov Medical Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сеченовский вестник</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2218-7332</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2658-3348</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Сеченовский Университет</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47093/2218-7332.2026.17.2.1508</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">sechenov-1508</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SURGERY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ХИРУРГИЯ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Letter to the Editor regarding: “Management of a massive retrosternal goiter after prior thyroid surgery: a clinical case”</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Письмо в редакцию по поводу статьи «Стратегия лечения массивного ретростернального зоба после ранее перенесенной операции на щитовидной железе: клинический случай»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-6074</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>дос Сантос</surname><given-names>В. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dos Santos</surname><given-names>V. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>дос Сантос Виторино Модесто, MD, PhD, врач Госпиталя Вооруженных сил; адъюнкт-профессор Католического университета Бразилиа</p><p>ш. Эстрада-Парке-Конторну, кв. QS 07, уч. 01, Тагуатинга, г. Бразилиа, 71966-700, Бразилия; дор. Эстрада-ду-Конторну-ду-Боске, б/н, Крузейру-Нову, г. Бразилиа, 70658-900, Бразилия</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vitorino M. dos Santos, MD, PhD; Adjunct Professor</p><p>QS 07, Lote 01, Estrada Parque Contorno, Taguatinga, Brasília, 71966-700, Brazil; s/n, Estrada do Contorno do Bosque, Cruzeiro Novo, Brasília, 70658-900, Brazil</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vitorinomodesto@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-0178</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сугаи</surname><given-names>К. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sugai</surname><given-names>K. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Сугаи Кин Модесто, аспирант образовательной программы «Менеджмент, технологии и информационная безопасность» </p><p>Университетский кампус Дарси Рибейру, Аса-Норте, г. Бразилиа, 70910-900, Бразилия</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kin M. Sugai, postgraduate student, Course of Management, Technology, and Information Security</p><p>Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília, 70910-900, Brazil</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kinsugai1999@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Католический университет Бразилиа; Госпиталь Вооруженных сил</institution><country>Бразилия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Catholic University of Brasília; Armed Forces Hospital</institution><country>Brazil</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Университет Бразилиа</institution><country>Бразилия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>University of Brasília</institution><country>Brazil</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2022</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>06</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>0</issue><issue-title>Online First</issue-title><elocation-id>1508</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; dos Santos V.M., Sugai K.M., 2022</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">дос Сантос В.М., Сугаи К.М.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">dos Santos V.M., Sugai K.M.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.sechenovmedj.com/jour/article/view/1508">https://www.sechenovmedj.com/jour/article/view/1508</self-uri><abstract><p>.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>adenomatous goiter</kwd><kwd>thyroidectomy</kwd><kwd>sternotomy</kwd><kwd>recurrent case</kwd><kwd>diagnosis</kwd><kwd>treatment</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Al Dulaimi Q.A., Abu-Sa'da M.O., Fatayerji R.N., et al. 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