1. She decided to have a Thyroidectomy at Johns Hopkins University. 2. Parathyroid transplant is recommended if the parathyroid glands are removed accidentally during a thyroidectomy . 3. Patients are administered hormone replacement levothyroxine for life after surgery, especially after total thyroidectomy . 4. Calcitonin levels remain a valuable marker to detect recurrence of medullary thyroid carcinoma after thyroidectomy . 5. On December 10, 1943, a thyroidectomy was performed on petitioner's wife. 6. Most thyroidectomies are performed by way of a neck incision, which results in scarring. 7. Reportedly there is a 1 % incidence of permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis after complete thyroidectomy . 8. Cutler published papers extensively throughout his career about thyroidectomy , thoracotomy, cardiotomy, and mitral valvulotomy. 9. However, after almost losing a patient during a thyroidectomy , he decided to undertake formal surgical training. 10. The procedure was captured for the first time in the film " Thyroidectomy Under Hypoanesthsia ".
