BACKGROUND There have been few reports of prophylactic thyroidectomy using the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) approach in children with multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 (MEN2). METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of patients who underwent MIVAT for total thyroidectomy. RESULTS Six children underwent MIVAT; RET codon mutat...

1. After thyroidectomy with partial parathyroidectomy the maximum and average hemolytic titers of the sera of rabbits injected intravenously with sheep blood are equal to or higher than those of normal animals similarly injected. 2. Thyroidectomy with partial parathyroidectomy does not inhibit antibody production. This fact is in accord with the results of Garibaldi, Launoy and Lévy-Bruhl, Lerd...

The safety of thyroid operations mainly depends on complete anatomical knowledge. Anatomical and embryological variations of the inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN), of the thyroid gland itself and unusual relations between ILN and the gland threaten operation security are discussed. The patient with toxic multinodular goiter is treated with total thyroidectomy. During dissection of the right lobe, ...

BACKGROUND The indications for completion surgery in patients with thyroid papillary microcarcinoma (PMC), incidentally found in thyroids removed for benign conditions, remains a subject of debate. METHODS In a retrospective, transversal, cohort study of 187 incidental PMCs, found during histological examination of the thyroid gland in 2168 patients operated for benign thyroid conditions, we ...

concomitant papillary thyroid cancer and parathyroid adenoma is rare. we report a 55 years old female with papillary cancer admitted for surgery. preoperative laboratory findings revealed hypercalcemia and then primary hyperparathyroidism. thyroidectomy, neck dissection and excision of parathyroid adenoma were performed. histological examination revealed parathyroid adenoma. serum calcium retur...

To identify risk factors for post-thyroidectomy hematoma requiring airway intervention or surgery ("wound hematoma") and determine post-thyroidectomy time to intervention. Post-thyroidectomy hematoma is rare but potentially lethal. Information on wound hematoma in a nationwide clinical setting is scarce.Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, we extracted data from records ...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate the effect of primary surgery on the morbidity of reoperative thyroid surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-seven patients (14 male, 43 female; mean age 41 years; range 21 to 70 years), who underwent reoperative thyroid surgery in our clinic between January 2007 and January 2012 were retrospectively analyzed in terms of vocal cord paralysis, temporary o...

Fifteen days after thyroidectomy, the pituitary acidophils of rats were definitely deprived of their large granules , about 350mƒÊ in diameter each, and in due succession, they displayed the changes characterized by the features of "thyroidectomy cells"(TXcells). When these rats were given a single or three injections of thyroxine, 50mg/rat, most of TX-cells might revert to their original acido...

OBJECTIVE Many studies have been conducted to investigate the efficacy of harmonic scalpels in thyroidectomies. Here, we present our clinical experiences with the instrument. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted at the General Surgery Department of the Ataturk University School of Medicine between January 2005 and July 2008. It was a prospective, randomized, controlled study. Patient...