Fig. 2.
The distribution of the amount of the thyroid gland removed surgically and the postsurgical change in tracheal narrowing (n = 65). Tracheal narrowing (degree of upper airway obstruction) is defined as the (CCAT-SCAT)/CCAT ratio, where SCAT is the smallest cross-sectional area of the trachea, and CCAT is the cross-sectional area 2 cm above the carina.