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Original Source: Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency Predicts Postoperative Hypocalcemia After Total Thyroidectomy.
BACKGROUND: Transient postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia occurs in up to 30% of patients. We evaluated the effect of vitamin D deficiency on postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia. METHODS: Data were collected prospectively between January 2006 and March 2009. A total of 166 consecutive total thyroidectomies were analyzed regarding the relation between preoperative vitamin D(3) levels and postoperative corrected calcium levels. Patients were divided into three groups dependent upon the preoperative vitamin D(3) level:...
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Graves Disease: Bilateral Subtotal vs Total Thyroidectomy
Commentary on a study comparing the long-term results from bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy with total thyroidectomy in patients with Graves disease, published April 2012 in the British Journal of Sur...
Subtotal Thyroidectomy Cost-Effective for Graves Disease
A new analysis found that subtotal thyroidectomy can be cost-effective for Graves disease if the postsurgery euthyroidism rate is above 49.5% and recurrent laryngeal nerve damage is below 2.4%. Med...
A 17-year-old girl with a history of total thyroidectomy was sent to the emergency department for an abnormal lab study. What's the diagnosis? American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Incision Length and Operating Time for Total Thyroidectomy
Does the length of a thyroidectomy incision correlate with longer operating time? BMC Surgery
New Risk Factors for Hematoma Following Thyroidectomy
Study findings should help pinpoint which thyroidectomy patients might need to be kept for overnight observation and who can go home. Medscape Medical News
Voice therapy should be offered to more thyroidectomy patients
Voice problems following surgery to remove the thyroid gland are a common problem reported by patients, but only a minority are offered voice therapy, show results from a US study.
Full Thyroid Removal May be Best in Graves' Disease (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Removing the whole thyroid lessens the chance of hyperthyroidism recurrence in Graves' disease compared with partial thyroidectomy, but it also leads to increased temporary hypopara...
Obesity linked to more advanced and aggressive thyroid cancer
Beverly Hills thyroid cancer specialist, Dr. Babak Larian, shares his expert opinion Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) June 12, 2012 Obese patients are more likely than normal-weight patients to have a...
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BACKGROUND: The extent of surgery for well-differentiated thyroid cancer remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the type of resection, age, T classification, nodal status, tu...
Changes in the choice of thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease.
PURPOSES: There is an increasing trend towards performing more radical resections instead of a subtotal resection for benign thyroid disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this ch...
I read with interest the meta-analysis by Guo et al. There has been a noticeable shift towards the use of total thyroidectomy in the surgical treatment of Graves' disease. This is because it affords...
BACKGROUND: The role of minimally invasive surgery in Graves' disease is still controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing minimal-incision thyroid...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare conventional open thyroidectomy with robotic thyroidectomy in terms of postoperative pain. METHODS: We compared the intensity of postoperative pain exp...
