Higher Post‐Operative L‐Thyroxine Dosage Needed After Right Compared to Left‐Lobe Hemithyroidectomy
Carola Deischinger, Michael Krebs, Thomas Scherer, Christian Scheuba, Alexandra Kautzky‐Willer, Lana Kosi‐Trebotic · 2026
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Description
Removing half the thyroid leaves the other half to grow and compensate, but which half remains changes the hormone dose needed. Carola Deischinger and co-authors compared the two sides in this 2026 study. The right lobe is usually the larger one. After surgery the leftover lobe can grow by up to thirty percent, yet many patients still need hormone pills.
Records covered 426 adults operated on in Vienna between 1994 and 2018. Doses were compared after adjusting for weight and pre-surgery hormone levels. Patients who lost the right lobe needed about thirteen percent more replacement hormone per day. The difference fits the right lobe's larger share of the gland. Surgeons and patients can plan dosing with the side in mind.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carola Deischinger, Michael Krebs, Thomas Scherer, Christian Scheuba, Alexandra Kautzky‐Willer, Lana Kosi‐Trebotic |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |