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Surgery
Research in the area of surgery reported from A. Rohana and colleagues
July 13th, 2009
"Acute life threatening presentations of thyroid disease are uncommon. The aim of this Study was to review our experience of emergency thyroid Surgery with regard to the incidence, management and outcome to this approach," scientists writing in the Asian Journal of Surgery report. "Forty patients who underwent emergency thyroid surgery from December 1998 to December 2007 were prospectively accrued in this study. There were 30 female and 10 male patients. The mean age was 63.8 years (range, 33-83 years). All patients had total thyroidectomy, except one patient who only had a right hemithyroidectomy for a dominant right multinodular goiter. Eight of the patients...
Source: Clinical Oncology Week (2009-07-13)
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