Surgery Of Thyroid Disorders | ||
| AL-yarmouk Journall | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, December 2016, Pages 183-187 | ||
| Author | ||
| Zuhair Al-Shaikh Ibrahim | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Diseases of the thyroid gland are a common medical problem I see in my own private clinic in Baghdad.Amongst 1250 cases during the peroid from 1995-2016 included, 723 were subjected to surgery ( 57.8 % ) for multinodular goitre,solitary thyroid nodule, thyrotoxic goitre after failure of medical treatment & preop. preparation The majority were females ( 532 , 73.5 % ) between ( 29 - 48 years ) and males constitute only ( 191 / 26.41 % ). Surgery was ranging between Total thyroidectomy & Subtotal thyroidectomy though few cases under- went only right or left lobectomy. Malignant cases were rare (11 Cases ,2 % ) & all were papillary carcinoma. Key words Multinodular goitre , Solitary thyroid nodule , Hyperthyroidism , Lugol's iodine, Thyroidectomy, Hashimotos' thyroiditis | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Multinodular goitre; Solitary thyroid nodule; Hyperthyroidism; Lugol; Thyroidectomy; Hashimotos | ||
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