thyroidectomy

Converse of object

• undergo: A 10-year retrospective study of patients who underwent initial thyroidectomy for PTC from 1986 to 1996 was completed.
• have: Low calcium happens in about 3 out of 10 people who have a thyroidectomy.
• perform: AB - An original technique for performing endoscopic thyroidectomy using a breast approach to avoid an operative scar in the neck was developed.

Adjective modifier

• partial: Grave's disease is widely treated, where medical methods are deemed unsatisfactory, by partial thyroidectomy, or Radioactive Iodine ablation.
• total: Total thyroidectomy - where all of the thyroid tissue is removed.
• endoscopic: AB - An original technique for performing endoscopic thyroidectomy using a breast approach to avoid an operative scar in the neck was developed.
• retrosturnal: I then had to have total retrosturnal thyroidectomy in December 1998 during which three of my parathyroid glands were also removed.
• conventional: AB - Conventional thyroidectomy often leaves an undesirable scar on the anterior neck.

Noun used with modifier

• completion: Impact of timing on completion thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer.
• subtotal: Total or subtotal thyroidectomy was performed in 147 patients.