The learning curve (LC) concept has become a dogma in surgery, and also thyroidectomy. This chapter aims to define criteria for the LC most common surgical techniques of thyroidectomy, by investigating number procedures required single surgeon achieve competence parameters used proficiency. Methods calculate each technique (conventional minimally invasive robotic approaches) are discussed analy...

AIMS Hyperthyroidism includes several clinical and histopathological situations. Surgery is commonly indicated after failure of medical treatment. The aim of this study was to analyze the indications and complications of surgery as well as endocrine results. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients operated on for hyperthyroidism between 2004 and 2012 were included in a retrospective study. Total thyro...

non‑recurrent laryngeal nerve (nrln) is a rare anomaly which is reported in 0.3%‑0.8% of people on the right side and in 0.004% (extremely rare) on the left side. damage to this nerve during the surgical procedure may lead to severe iatrogenic morbidity and should therefore be prevented from being damaged. the best way to avoid this damage to the nerve is to identify the nerve with a systematic...

thyroid hemiagenesis can be associated with various thyroid pathologies such as papillary thyroid cancer or nodular goiter. however, we did not encounter any publication in the literature in which hemiagenesis could be observed together with retrosternal goiter. in this report, a thyroid hemiagenesis associated with a benign nodular goiter extending retrosternally is reported. a 59-year-old mal...

introduction thyroid storm is a rare complication of graves' disease that can carry a poor prognosis. in order to prevent major complications, thyroid storm must be quickly identified in patients and treatment must be promptly implemented. medical treatment is usually initiated with antithyroid medications, such as propylthiouracil (ptu), methimazole, and beta-blockers. however, some patients m...

conclusions if the indications and contraindications of minimally invasive thyroidectomy are taken into account, it seems to be a safe procedure and regarding the benefits of this procedure, it's recommended that surgeons pay more attention to this newly developed technique. introduction since 1996 with improvement of endoscopic instrumentation several novel minimally invasive techniques have b...

OBJECTIVE Completion thyroidectomy is recommended in patients who have been diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer on histopathological evaluation, if their first operation was a conservative approach. The critical issue is when to do the second operation. MATERIAL AND METHODS The medical records of 66 patients who underwent completion thyroidectomy for the treatment of differentiated t...

BACKGROUND The optimal operation for a patient with a thyroid nodule "suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)" on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is unclear. This study examines the incremental cost-utility of thyroid lobectomy with intraoperative frozen section (thyroid lobectomy) versus total thyroidectomy. METHODS Cost-utility analysis was performed for patients with a cytologic diagnos...

INTRODUCTION Total thyroidectomy has been the treatment of choice for patients with malignant thyroid disease. However, the efficacy and safety of this procedure for patients with benign disease is still a matter of debate. The aim of this study is to show that total thyroidectomy can be safely performed for both malignant and benign disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study on 216 ...