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Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
A thyroidectomy is an operation that involves the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. Surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condition of the thyroid gland. Other indications for surgery include cosmetic (very enlarged thyroid), or symptomatic obstruction (causing difficulties in swallowing or breathing). One of the complications of "thyroidectomy" is voice change and patients are strongly advised to only be operated on by surgeons who protect the voice by using electronic nerve monitoring...
Thyroidectomy - List of case studies
- Multinodular goiter with thyroid lobe cysts
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She has been asked to consider hemithyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy or Eutirox (levothyrxine) supplementation. ... views. Some advise a hemithyroidectomy, some a total thyroidectomy, others advise removing the single nodule and yet others propose ...
- Incidental Finding of Thyroid Gland Nodule
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of the surgical specimen and proceed to total or subtotal thyroidectomy if cancer was found on the frozen section diagnosis. On the other hand, a total or subtotal thyroidectomy is recommended if the needle biopsy was consistent with ...
- Multinodular Thyroid Goiter with normal functioning
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the trachea. The endocrinology specialist recommends total Thyroidectomy or treatment to suppress TSH with follow-up. ... degeneration. My advice is to proceed with total Thyroidectomy ; alternatively, follow-up in 6 months after treatment to ...
- Facial pain after thyroidectomy
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A 47 years old female underwent total thyroidectomy for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, followed by treatment ... S/P Papillary Carcinoma of thyroid . S/P Total Thyroidectomy . S/P Radioactive Iodine Treatment . Bilateral ...
- Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid with Multiple and Diffuse Nodular Secondarisms of the Pulmonary Parenchyma
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work-up revealed lung metastasis. She underwent a right thyroidectomy and then left thyroidectomy and laryngectomy, and subsequently received I-131 on 8 occasions. ...
- Hyperthyroidism in autoimmune non-nodular thyroiditis
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which I will discuss below. The third is surgery: total thyroidectomy . Surgery is effective in treating Graves’ disease, but it ... thyroid hormone, methimazole, radioiodine therapy, total thyroidectomy, corticosteroid, selenium supplements ...