Substernal thyroidectomy patients were also less frequently privately insured, at 49.9% vs 62.7% for nonsubsternal thyroidectomy recipients, respectively (P < .0001).

Only patients who underwent a total thyroidectomy were considered. From a series of 105 patients, 10 met the exclusion criteria, so 95 patients were considered. They were 65 women and 30 men, mean ...

In our patient, recurrent episodes of type I postobstructive pulmonary edema appeared to be caused by tracheomalacia involving a substernal goitre. We drew this conclusion because she was weaned from ...

A thyroidectomy is a surgical procedure where a person has some or all of their thyroid—a gland in the neck—removed. Learn more about the procedure.

Patients undergoing a total thyroidectomy are 34 percent less likely to experience complications if their surgeon performs at least 25 cases per year of this operation to remove the entire thyroid ...