Background: Thyroid surgery is associated with a number of surgical complications including recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury and hypoparathyroidism. The existing methods share the same principle—the mobilization thyroid from lateral side. aim this study was to evaluate safety novel technique thyroidectomy—tension-free thyroidectomy (TFT) based on medial approach nerves parathyroid glands ...

Thyroglossal duct cyst (TDC) carcinoma is a comparable rare entity and treatment strategies have not been standardized. Here, we report a favorable outcome of TDC carcinoma patients based on our therapeutic strategy. Twelve patients with TDC carcinoma treated in our department from 1986 to 2012 were enrolled. Ten patients underwent Sistrunk's procedure in other institutions and referred to our ...

Background: The use of endoscopic thyroid surgical procedures leads to avoid the surgical scar in the neck. In this paper we evaluate the merits and limits of endoscopic thyroid surgery through breast and axillary approach. Methods: Between Aug 2013 and Nov. 2014, 437 thyroid surgeries were performed. 27 of them were operated endoscopically through axillary and breast approaches were reviewed p...

OBJECTIVE Many varieties of methods using intra-operative PTH have been applied to predict hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. The present study prospectively evaluated the reliability of intra-operative PTH through a single assay to predict hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. MATERIAL AND METHOD Intra-operative PTH were performed before and 20 minutes after total thyroidectomy for 30...

OBJECTIVE The incidence of and risk factors for hypocalcemia following thyroidectomy were evaluated in this study. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and ninety thyroidectomy patients were evaluated retrospectively for factors that might contribute to postoperative hypocalcemia; age, hyperthyroidism, malignancy, the extent of surgery (total/near total/subtotal thyroidectomy), cervical lymph nod...

1. The blood cholesterol of rabbits on a normal diet without added cholesterol is increased only slightly (19 per cent) by thyroidectomy. 2. In rabbits with a hypercholesterolemia due to long continued cholesterol feeding, thyroidectomy causes a marked rise (137 per cent) in the blood cholesterol. This rise is usually maintained. 3. When long continued cholesterol feeding has failed to cause a ...