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Advantages are: immediate cure and potential removal of [[carcinoma]]. Its risks are injury of the [[recurrent laryngeal nerve]], [[hypoparathyroidism]] (due to removal of the [[parathyroid gland]]s), [[hematoma]] (which can be life-threatening if it compresses the trachea) and scarring. | Advantages are: immediate cure and potential removal of [[carcinoma]]. Its risks are injury of the [[recurrent laryngeal nerve]], [[hypoparathyroidism]] (due to removal of the [[parathyroid gland]]s), [[hematoma]] (which can be life-threatening if it compresses the trachea) and scarring. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgery
This modality is suitable for young patients and pregnant patients. Indications are: a large goiter (especially when compressing the trachea), suspicious nodules or suspected cancer (to pathologically examine the thyroid) and patients with ophthalmopathy.
Both bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy and the Hartley-Dunhill procedure (hemithyroidectomy on 1 side and partial lobectomy on other side) are possible.
Advantages are: immediate cure and potential removal of carcinoma. Its risks are injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, hypoparathyroidism (due to removal of the parathyroid glands), hematoma (which can be life-threatening if it compresses the trachea) and scarring.