Surgical removal of the thyroid gland.
Partial or total excision of the thyroid gland.
A surgical operation to remove all or part of the thyroid gland.
Removal of the thyroid gland.
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland, usually done to remove tumors or to treat hyperthyroidism that does not respond to other therapies.
Partial or complete surgical removal of the thyroid gland.
Surgical removal of most or all of the thyroid gland. Thyroidectomy is performed to treat thyroid cancer. It is generally followed with daily doses of thyroxine to prevent symptoms of hypothyroidism (underactivity of the thyroid gland).
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland. In partial thyroidectomy, only the diseased part of the gland is removed; in subtotal thyroidectomy, a method of treating thyrotoxicosis, the surgeon removes 90% of the gland.
Surgical removal of the thyroid gland. Partial thyroidectomy removal of part of the gland is sometimes done in patients with hyperthyroidism when drug treatment has failed to control the disorder.
Excision of the thyroid gland, used typically to treat thyroid cancers, goiters, or Grave’s disease.
Surgical excision of a portion or the entire thyroid gland.