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Total thyroidectomy (procedure)

Known as: Complete thyroidectomy, Total Thyroidectomy, thyroidectomy total 
Surgery involving the complete excision of the thyroid gland.
National Institutes of Health

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Complete ExcisionOperative Surgical ProceduresThyroidectomy
Head and neck structureThyroid Gland

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Robotic thyroid surgery using a gasless, transaxillary approach and the da Vinci S system: the operative outcomes of 338 consecutive patients.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Using a New Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach
IntroductionEndoscopic techniques have recently been applied in thyroid surgery using cervical, axillary, and breast approaches… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The oncogene BRAF V600E is associated with a high risk of recurrence and less differentiated papillary thyroid carcinoma due to the impairment of Na+/I- targeting to the membrane.
The oncogene BRAF(V600E) is the most frequent genetic event in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) but its prognostic impact still… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
A consensus report of the role of serum thyroglobulin as a monitoring method for low-risk patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Recent studies have provided new information regarding the optimal surveillance protocols for low-risk patients with… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Total thyroidectomy: the evolution of surgical technique
The present paper outlines the development of thyroid surgery from early times to the twenty‐first century. The significant… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Rationale for central and bilateral lymph node dissection in sporadic and hereditary medullary thyroid cancer.
UNLABELLED A retrospective study was performed on 101 consecutive medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) patients who underwent at… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Diagnosis of “follicular neoplasm”: A gray zone in thyroid fine‐needle aspiration cytology
The thyroid fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of “follicular neoplasm” does not differentiate between a benign and malignant… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
The clinical courses of patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) vary, and a number of prognostic factors have been… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
An overview of the management of papillary and follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Long-term survival rate for papillary and follicular carcinoma is more than 90%, but this varies considerably among subsets of… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma : a study of 535 cases observed in a 50-year period: Discussion
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