Completion thyroidectomy for thyroid carcinoma.
We have reviewed the charts of 149 patients who underwent completion thyroidectomies for cancer of the thyroid. The purpose of the study was to evaluate extent of residual disease in the thyroid, and morbidity and mortality of the operation. Residual cancer was found in 58% of the cases, the morbidity was low, and there was no operative mortality.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy