AN ANALYSIS OF THREE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE THYROIDECTOMIES

Three Hundred Consecutive Cases, Analysis of

General results.?The 300 extractions were done in 24G patients, 54 patients having both eyes operated upon. The results were good in 244 (So*20 per cent.), indifferent in 29 (9'9 percent.), bad in 20 (6'82 per cent.), and not ascertained in seven cases. Good results mean vision ranging from to with correcting glasses,! indifferent results where sight was dim, but the patient could go about and ...

Observations on 300 Consecutive Thyroidectomies

THE place for thyroidectomy in the treatment of disease of the thyroid gland is now well established. It has for long been practised by surgeons to relieve the pressure symptoms caused by simple non-toxic goitres, but it was not until the end of the first decade of this century that its use in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis was first described. Mayo, in 1907, reported on 110 operations for thy...

An Analysis of Three Hundred Cases of Cataract Extraction

an infinite planar array of rectangular microstrip patch antenna analysis

the methods which are used to analyze microstrip antennas, are divited into three categories: empirical methods, semi-empirical methods and full-wave analysis. empirical and semi-empirical methods are generally based on some fundamental simplifying assumptions about quality of surface current distribution and substrate thickness. thses simplificatioms cause low accuracy in field evaluation. ful...

Does hyperthyroidism worsen prognosis of thyroid carcinoma? A retrospective analysis on 2820 consecutive thyroidectomies

BACKGROUND Hyperthyroidism is associated with high incidence of thyroid carcinoma; furthermore, tumors arisen in hyperthyroid tissue show an aggressive behavior. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Thyroid-stimulating antibodies, present in Graves's disease, seem to play a key role in carcinogenesis and tumoral growth. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed our series of patients who underwent...