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’ ...

In a nonrandomized study of adults with hyperthyroidism or euthyroidism, neither patient group saw a significantly higher rate of complications after total thyroidectomy, according to Eric Mirallié, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 . Total or completion thyroidectomy during or after a lobectomy may be necessary for half of adults with low-risk ...

Total thyroidectomy can be recommended for the treatment of benign bilateral thyroid disease, suggest Barczynski et al. The optimal extent of surgery for the treatment of bilateral benign thyroid ...

Total thyroidectomy may be a treatment option for patients with confirmed Hashimoto's disease who experience persistent symptoms despite adequate thyroid hormone replacement, novel research suggests.

In the summer of 2015, Michelle Conley, a stay-at-home-mom from Marietta, GA, felt a lump in her neck. Conley has a family history of thyroid issues, but she wasn't overly concerned at first. "I had a ...