Hemithyroidectomy, does the indication influence the outcome?
Ervin Beka, Hanan Hanna, Pia Olofsson, Oliver Gimm · 2023
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Ervin Beka, Hanan Hanna, Pia Olofsson, and Oliver Gimm ask whether the reason for thyroid surgery changes its risks, in a 2023 study. Half the thyroid gland is removed either to relieve pressure symptoms or to check a lump for cancer. The second reason can seem like a big step, since most such patients feel well and turn out to have benign disease.
The team used a Scandinavian quality register with close to ten thousand patients. About forty percent had surgery to rule out cancer, and the rest for pressure symptoms. Lasting damage to a voice nerve was less common in the cancer-check group. The weight of tissue removed raised bleeding risk in both groups. The authors reassure patients that diagnostic surgery, in this register, did not carry an unjustified risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ervin Beka, Hanan Hanna, Pia Olofsson, Oliver Gimm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |