Tag Archives: Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy Risks
Follow-up About a week after returning from hospital to home, revisit your doctor for follow up. On this visit, your doctor will check your incision healing. After thyroid surgery, you may need regular blood tests to measure levels of thyroid hormone. They control the levels of calcium and phosphorus to evaluate the function of your [...]
How Thyroidectomy is Done
Preparation About a week before surgery, you are asked to stop taking aspirin or other blood thinning medication. To reduce the risk of vomiting during surgery, you will not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before surgery. As part of the general preparations for surgery, your doctor will review your allergies and medical [...]
Thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy is the surgical removal of the thyroid gland. This important gland located at the bottom front of the neck, produces thyroid hormone, which regulates the body’s metabolism. A healthy thyroid gland is shaped like a butterfly, with right and left lobes connected by a bridge called the thyroid isthmus. Depending on the reason for [...]