title: [When is total thyroidectomy indicated? What applies in thyroid carcinoma: radical surgery according to findings].
abstract: Today, surgical treatment of thyroid carcinoma is oriented to the underlying histology and the extent of the tumourous process. Total thyroidectomy with postoperative radioiodine treatment represents only one of the spectrum of possibilities that ranges from limited to extended radical interventional procedures. Such an individualized operative strategy should be applied not only for the primary intervention, but also for locoregional tumour recurrence and confirmed distant metastases, with the aim of keeping operative morbidity to a minimum.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemeine und Unfallchirurgie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Goretzki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Witte
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Wann ist die totale Thyreoidektomie angezeigt? Beim Schilddrüsen-Ca. gilt: Radikalität je nach Befund.