Multinodular goitre presenting as a clinical single nodule: How effective is hemithyroidectomy?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-36

  Wadström, Carl ^a   Zedenius, Jan ^b   Guinea, Ana ^c   Reeve, Tom ^c   Delbridge, Leigh ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemithyroidectomy; Multinodular; Single thyroid nodule; Thyroxine treatment

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032892069     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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