Newswise — Thyroidectomy (removal of the thyroid) has traditionally required multi-day hospitalization. At a minimum, many surgeons advocate overnight observation following this special surgical ...

Thyroid surgery is safe for older patients, say physicians who found only slight differences in rates of complications and hospital readmissions in a multi-year study. "We were pleasantly surprised," ...

A physician says the procedure has a very high cure rate when combined with surgery for most thyroid cancer types.

A standardized treatment approach that starts with good screening and ends with patients going home to well-prepared caregivers, means outpatient thyroid surgery is safe for the vast majority of ...

Newswise — Thyroid surgery, which has traditionally been an overnight hospital procedure, can be done safely in an outpatient setting, and in fact is preferable because it is less expensive, according ...

A dual-center study reports a two-stage deep learning network that predicts hidden central lymph node metastasis in ...

A retrospective study of 75 patients found that most medullary thyroid microcarcinomas grew during delayed surgery, with ...

Surgery is part of the treatment plan for nearly all thyroid cancers. Different types of thyroid surgery might be recommended, depending on the situation. People with advanced thyroid cancer might not ...

Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Key Takeaways Thyroid nodules are common and are not cancerous 95% of the time ...