Remote-access thyroidectomy may be appropriate for a small group of patients who meet strict selection criteria and only when performed by experienced surgeons, according to a new statement from the ...

Is it safe to perform thyroidectomy as an outpatient procedure? The authors compared the outcome in 1136 planned outpatient thyroidectomy procedures with that in 105 inpatient procedures performed by ...

Although consensus guidelines recommend total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) ≥1 cm, it remains unclear whether this procedure confers a survival advantage. This was a retrospective ...

Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

Adults who underwent a thyroidectomy as first-line treatment for Graves’ disease had lower risks for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease than those treated with antithyroid drugs or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Operative management with total thyroidectomy will not be the best option for all older adults with Graves’ ...

Out of over 126,000 adult patients who underwent total thyroidectomy, nearly 20% had hypocalcemia during the first 30 days following surgery -- defined as a diagnosis of hypocalcemia or ...

Diagnoses have tripled over the past 25 years, mainly as the result of increased detection of small papillary thyroid cancers. Is it time for a less-aggressive approach? A pair of physician ...

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 29: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) announced Thursday that a medical team at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital has achieved a groundbreaking advancement by performing robotic thyroidectomy ...

In the summer of 2015, Michelle Conley, a stay-at-home-mom from Marietta, GA, felt a lump in her neck. Conley has a family history of thyroid issues, but she wasn't overly concerned at first. "I had a ...

To determine whether the extent of surgery affects outcome and to identify a tumor size threshold associated with improved outcomes. This was a retrospective study of patients identified from the ...