1. Objective: To increase the knowledge of substernal goiter.

2. The heartburn associated oesophagitis is substernal in location.

3. To study the diagnosis and treatment of substernal goiter.

4. Conclusion Substernal goiters often result from the descent of a cervical goiter. CT scanning of neck and thorax is valuable in the diagnosis of substernal goiters.

5. Objective To explore the surgical therapy of substernal thyroid goiter.

6. ObjectiveTo study the diagnosis and surgical treatment of substernal goiter(SG).

7. Objective To discuss the diagnosis and operation of substernal goiter .

8. Method The clinical data of 8 cases of substernal goiter which resected and pathologically proved in our department from 1998 to 2005 were collected.

9. The diagnosis, surgical procedure and complications of substernal goiter are discussed in this study.

10. Objective To discuss the clinical diagnosis and treatment of substernal benign thyroid tumor.

11. Objective To discuss the perioperative management and technique of the operation of substernal goiter.

12. Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics,(http:///substernal.html) diagnosis and surgical treatment of the substernal goitre.

13. Objective:To investigate the clinical manifestations, diagnostics and surgical treatment of substernal goiter.

14. The paper reports the diagnosis and surgical treatment of 8 cases of substernal goiter in this hospital in the past 30 years.

15. Feeling of choking when swallowing, a foreign body attached substernal burning sensation or feeling or dull ache.