Reasons for Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid surgery is performed in a number of circumstances:
- as a treatment for thyroid cancer
- when an enlarged thyroid (goiter) or multiple nodules cause cosmetic, breathing or swallowing problems
- in a pregnant woman, when her hyperthyroidism is not controllable by antithyroid drugs, and requires immediate treatment
- when other forms of treatment for hyperthyroidism -- i.e,. antithyroid drugs or radioactive iodine have not been effective. (This is applicable in the U.S. Outside the U.S., surgery is sometimes performed as a hyperthyroidism treatment before or instead of radioactive iodine.)
Reasons for Thyroid Surgery
- in children, if the practitioner or parent wishes to avoid radioactive iodine
- when the patient refuses antithyroid medications or radioactive iodine
- when a patient wants to try to get pregnant quickly after treatment
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