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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thyroid cancer surgery involves removing part or all of the thyroid gland to treat cancerous growths. It is the primary treatment for most thyroid cancers. Thyroid cancer develops when cells in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...