LigaSure in total thyroidectomy. [PDF]
Surgery Today, 2008 PURPOSE: LigaSure is a bipolar diathermy system, which achieves vessel sealing with reduced thermal spread. The device has been used successfully in abdominal operations and because of its features, it has been applied recently in thyroid surgery to ...
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Total or near-total thyroidectomy versus subtotal thyroidectomy for multinodular non-toxic goitre in adults [PDF]
, 2015 Background Total thyroidectomy (TT) and subtotal thyroidectomy (ST) are worldwide treatment options for multinodular non-toxic goitre in adults.
Arezzo, Alberto +9 more
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Follicular nodules (Thy3) of the thyroid: is total thyroidectomy the best option? [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Identification of the best management strategy for nodules with Thy3 cytology presents particular problems for clinicians. This study investigates the ability of clinical, cytological and sonographic data to predict malignancy in ...
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Pediatric thyroid disease: when is surgery necessary, and who should be operating on our children? [PDF]
, 2013 Surgical diseases of the thyroid in the pediatric population represent a diverse set of both benign and malignant conditions. Overall, incidence is rare.
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Total Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2003 We have developed endoscopic thyroidectomy procedures using anterior chest and axillary approaches. Both of our procedures differ significantly from the usual thyroidectomy, which involves lifting both the platysma and the sternohyoid muscle. Because only the platysma is lifted during our procedures, a CO(2) insufflation pressure of less than 4 mmHg is
Takami, Hiroshi, Ikeda, Yoshifumi
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A case report of thyroid carcinoma confined to ovary and concurrently occult in the thyroid. Is conservative treatment always advised? [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: Struma ovarii is an ovarian teratoma, represented in more than 50% by thyroid tissue. Five percent of struma ovarii cases have been proven to be malignant and, as in the thyroid gland, papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common ...
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Simultaneous Papillary Carcinoma in Thyroglossal Duct Cyst and Thyroid [PDF]
, 2017 Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) is a cystic expansion of a remnant of the thyroglossal duct tract. Carcinomas in the TDC are extremely rare and are usually an incidental finding after the Sistrunk procedure.
Araújo Brandão Rajão, Kamilla Maria +9 more
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Risk stratification of neck lesions detected sonographically during the follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer [PDF]
, 2016 Context: The European Thyroid Association (ETA) has classified post-treatment cervical ultrasound findings in thyroid cancer patients based on their association with disease persistence/recurrence.
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2013 Objective: To find out frequency of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. Study design: Descriptive study. Methods:60 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter from January 2010 to December 2010. Evaluation of results was doneby analyzining the data in SPSS V-17.
MUHAMMAD SAJID +2 more
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Frequency and severity of globus pharyngeus symptoms in patients undergoing thyroidectomy. A pre-post short term cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2015 Globus pharyngeus is a sensation of a lump or foreign body in the throat, sometimes associated with thyroid diseases and surgery. Previous studies investigated this condition with contradictory results, mainly because not standardized instruments of ...
ANTONACI, Alfredo +4 more
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