Risk factors for hypocalcaemia after completion hemithyroidectomy in thyroid cancer
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017 BACKGROUND Hypocalcaemia (HC) is the most common complication after thyroid surgery in differentiated thyroid cancer and leads to a prolongation of the hospital stay.
Baktash Aqtashi +5 more
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Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Diseases: What is the Price to be Paid? [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Total thyroidectomy has been used to treat patients with malignant thyroid disease. But for patients with benign thyroid disease, the safety and efficacy of total thyroidectomy is a matter of debate.
Rajashekara Babu Gangappa +4 more
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Thyroid surgery for elderly patients: Are they at increased operative risks? [PDF]
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Lang, BHH, Ng, SH, Wong, KP
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Quality of life of patients treated surgically for head and neck cancer [PDF]
, 1992 The quality of survival of 48 patients treated surgically for head and neck cancer was assessed using a problem-orientated self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was based on the European Organization for Research into the Treatment of Cancer
Greenberg, MP +4 more
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The incidence of thyroid papillary cancer in contralateral lobe [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008 Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is usually associated an excellent prognosis and greater than 90% survival rate at 10 years. Papillary thyroid cancer may be diagnosed with histological examination in patients who underwent lobectomy.
Seyyedabdolhosein Masoumi +2 more
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A prospective, assessor-blind evaluation of surgeon-performed transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography in vocal cord examination before and after thyroidectomy [PDF]
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Predictive Factors and Pattern of Locoregional Recurrence After Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014, Society of Surgical Oncology. Background: Prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) at the time of the total thyroidectomy (TT) remains controversial in clinically nodal-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Chan, DT +4 more
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Positive Surgical Margins in the 10 Most Common Solid Cancers. [PDF]
, 2018 A positive surgical margin (PSM) following cancer resection oftentimes necessitates adjuvant treatments and carries significant financial and prognostic implications.
Califano, Joseph A +14 more
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Total thyroidectomy as primary surgical management for thyroid disease: surgical therapy experience from 5559 thyroidectomies in a less-developed region [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety of total thyroidectomy for thyroid disorders and summarise the treatment experience in a less-developed region.
Bei Sun +5 more
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Metastatic Hürthle cell carcinoma presenting with low free thyroxine, severe hypercalcemia and spurious growth hormone production [PDF]
, 2019 Objective: Hürthle cell tumors constitute about 5% of thyroid neoplasms. They have malignant potential, behaving very aggressively compared to other differentiated thyroid cancers. The objective of this case report is to describe a case of a Hürthle cell
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