People with hyperthyroidism did not seem to have worse thyroidectomy outcomes than those with normal thyroid functioning, researchers in France reported. In a nonrandomized study of adults with ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who undergo a total thyroidectomy due to cancer have an increased all-cause mortality risk. No increased ...

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’ ...

Surgery for hyperthyroidism is uncommon. At this center, only about 7% of the 4139 patients referred for thyroid surgery had hyperthyroidism. In this randomized trial, which spanned a 5-year period, ...

BOSTON — A new study from Japan lends support to the argument that most low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients don't need a total thyroidectomy and will do just as well with more ...

Patients undergoing a total thyroidectomy are 34 percent less likely to experience complications if their surgeon performs at least 25 cases per year of this operation to remove the entire thyroid ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Patients diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease who underwent a complete thyroidectomy saw improvement in symptoms, most notably a reduction in severe fatigue, researchers ...

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 ...