An early single institutional experience in sutureless total thyroidectomy.
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177 INTRODUCTION Thyroid surgery is one of the most commonly performed surgeries nowadays. Total thyroidectomy was only popular for indications other than cancer at the last quarter of twentieth century for fear of its complications. In this era however this operation has been the treatment of choice even for benign thyroid pathology such as multinodular goiter, toxic goiter and refractory Graves’ disease. The indications was brought wider with the evolution of technique as the surgery was proven to be a safe surgery with low morbidity.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Malaysia
دوره 67 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012