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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just one preoperative dose of dexamethasone proved of benefit for thyroidectomy patients, according to a randomized clinical trial in Pakistan. In a study of 192 patients, those who received ...

Germany: Preoperative calcium supplementation may help improve postoperative quality of life and reduce symptoms of ...

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 ...

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 ...