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

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.

All patients having had thyroidectomy or excision of thyroid nodules are included. Patients having had two-stage operations are counted only once. Among the 1377 patients, cancer was encountered ...

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 ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtaCor Medical, Inc. (www.atacor.com) announced today that it has completed a $8.8M Series A financing. Co-led by Boston-based Broadview Ventures and Israel ...

Total thyroidectomy complication rates and costs are lower if surgeon performs 25 or more cases yearly A new study is 1 of the first to identify a minimum surgeon ...