title: Considerations in surgery of the thyroid gland.
abstract: The technique of thyroidectomy is covered in detail in various text-books and surgical atlases. The aim of this article is not to recount the details of the surgical procedure, but rather to emphasize important, pertinent surgical anatomy and discuss the management of various difficult situations and operative challenges that the thyroid surgeon may encounter from time to time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Shindo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods