thyroidectomy

In general, though, that would be specified as "partial", even though to be precise he should have specified a total thyroidectomy, which is what she'd had.

Archive 2008-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

Prior to thyroidectomy, annual biochemical screening is recommended in individuals with MEN2A from the time of diagnosis.

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

Recent 2009 clinical guidelines by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggest thyroidectomy by age 5 years in patients with MEN2A and FMTC, though it can be deferred until an abnormal stimulated plasma calcitonin level is detected in individuals with certain low-risk mutations.

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

If I have the schedules right, my mother should be out of surgery (she was scheduled for the 26th Down Under, and it's now the 27th there) and in recovery and on track to getting her voice back after the thyroidectomy.

Insert amusing Twitter-related title here. 2009

Risk-reducing prophylactic thyroidectomy (surgical removal of the entire thyroid gland) and sometimes parathyroidectomy (surgical removal of the parathyroid glands) may be necessary shortly after birth in children with more severe RET alterations.

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 2009

Your child will need either a lobectomy or a total thyroidectomy.

Pediatric surgery: Thyroid Nodules 2008

In a total thyroidectomy, the surgeon removes the entire thyroid.

Pediatric surgery: Thyroid Nodules 2008

This unpleasant exchange took place shortly after my thyroidectomy, the treatment for my thyroid cancer.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

This unpleasant exchange took place shortly after my thyroidectomy, the treatment for my thyroid cancer.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009

When these treatment options fail to alleviate symptoms a thyroidectomy is used in which the entire thyroid gland is removed.

Treatment options for thyroid problems 2008