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ea0029p1844 | Thyroid cancer | ICEECE2012

Benefits and complications of total thyroidectomy as a surgical treatment for Graves'disease and for thyroid cancer

Iwasaki H. , Shirayama S. , Gotoh N. , Hatori S. , Nomura K.

Introductions: Some surgeons are easy to avoid total thyroidectomy as a surgical treatment for GravesÂ’disease and even for thyroid cancer, because of possible complications (i.e. laryngeal nerve injury, hypoparathyroidism, etc). We studied the benefits and complications of total thyroidectomy in 206 patients with GravesÂ’ disease or with thyroid cancer who were treated in our institution.Methods: Surgical outcomes were analysed in the following ...