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Modeling the Relationship of Age With Hypocalcemia Following Total Thyroidectomy: A NSQIP Analysis
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the relationship between age and hypocalcemia risk following total thyroidectomy and identify critical age‐related transition points across the lifespan. Methods The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Thyroidectomy Targeted database was queried for 21,109 adult patients (18 ...
Cyrus W. Abrahamson +5 more
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Protein-energy malnutrition in goitrous school children of Isfahan, Iran
Background: Some studies have shown the possible role of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) in persistence of endemic goiter in iodine replenished areas. The present study was conducted to assess the association between PEM and goiter in schoolchildren of
Samaneh Khanpour Ardestani +4 more
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Goiter and iodine deficiency in europe [PDF]
Gutekunst, R., Scriba, Peter Christian
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Resolution of Sleep Apnea After Radiofrequency Ablation of Goiter
Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of OSA cured in a patient undergoing RFA for goiter. Goiter-associated sleep apnea remains inadequately described in the literature and warrants further investigations on prevalence and ...
James J. Herdegen +4 more
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Feasibility of Transoral Robotic Total Laryngectomy With the Da Vinci Single Port Robotic System
The study reports the successful use of the Da Vinci Single Port (SP) Robotic system for transoral robotic total laryngectomy. Surgical technique is described in detail. The procedure was followed by favorable postoperative recovery and no evidence of locoregional recurrence or delayed complications at 6 months.
Matthias De Witte +5 more
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Prevalence of Goiter and Urinary Iodine Content in Schoolchildren of Kerman (Iran) in 2001 [PDF]
Introduction: Kerman province was one of the Iran regions with endemic goiter. Following initiation of the program of iodine deficiency control in 1989, production, distribution and consumption of iodized salt were begun.
R Sheikholeslam +5 more
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Substernal goiter, also said cervico-mediastinic goiter, is a thyroid formation with cervical departure that goes beyond, with stretched neck, the superior thoracic strait for at least 3 cm and that preserves, generally, the parenchimal or fibrous connections between the cervical and thoracic portion, maintaining a direct vascularization supplied by ...
BATORI, Mariano +7 more
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Increased serum thyroglobulin levels in patients with nontoxic goiter
Thyroglobulin (Tg) levels were found to be elevated in 30 of 35 patients with euthyroid sporadic goiter and in 15 of 37 patients with euthyroid endemic goiter. The elevated Tg levels in the goitrous patients did not correlate with either goiter size. TSH
P. Polosa +11 more
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ABSTRACT Thymoma is the most common tumor of the anterior mediastinum. Approximately 20%–30% of patients with a thymoma develop myasthenia gravis (MG), and an additional one third may possess positive acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies without MG.
Benjamin Claytor +5 more
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High incidence of goiter in patients treated with lithium carbonate
The effects of lithium carbonate on thyroid was evaluated in 40 consecutive psychiatric patients on long-term treatment with this drug. Five patients had clinical and/or biochemical hypothyroidism.
Pinchera A +6 more
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