Near-Total Thyroidectomy Could Be the Best Treatment for Thyroid Disease in Endemic Regions
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Near-total thyroidectomy could be the best treatment for thyroid disease in endemic regions.
HYPOTHESIS Near-total thyroidectomy, on the basis of its low morbidity rate, is an appropriate treatment option in the surgical management of various thyroid diseases in an endemic region in Turkey. DESIGN Single-institution study of patients with various thyroid diseases treated by means of near-total thyroidectomy within 2 years in an endemic region, with comparison of the results vs the co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.4.444