Sentences with phrase «thyroid surgery specific»

Advanced disease was associated with the highest number of complications: 23 percent of patients whose cancer had spread throughout the body had thyroid surgery specific complications, a number the researchers call «alarming.»

«That 12 percent of patients overall had thyroid surgery specific complications is concerning.

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Overall, 6.5 percent of thyroid cancer patients had general post-operative complications in the month after surgery, and 12 percent had complications specific to thyroid surgery within the year after their operation.

They also looked at complications specific to thyroid surgery, such as hypoparathyroidism, hypocalcemia, and vocal cord or fold paralysis.

This allows doctors to «rule - in» a specific cancer diagnosis with a high degree of certainty, without a biopsy to remove a large portion of the thyroid, which would then have to be followed with a second surgery if cancer is detected to remove the entire gland.

After surgery, or in lieu of surgery, dogs are given synthetic thyroid hormones in specific quantities depending on their weight and health.