What is Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer?
The thyroid sits in two lobes in front of the windpipe. The recurrent laryngeal nerves that move the vocal cords run close behind it and the four parathyroid glands controlling calcium sit on or beside it, so preserving those structures is part of the operation. Lobectomy may suffice for a small, low-risk cancer in one lobe, while total thyroidectomy is usual for larger, multifocal or higher-risk disease and is what makes radioiodine treatment possible. Node levels are added only where staging shows involvement or material risk.
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