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Thyroid surgery
Thyroid operations are used for patients having various thyroid conditions, including both cancerous and benign (non-cancerous) thyroid nodules, large thyroid glands (goitres), and overactive thyroid glands. There are three major thyroid operations that a surgeon may perform. They are:
- Lobectomy - removing half of the thyroid gland
- Removing nearly all of the thyroid gland (Subtotal Thyroidectomy leaving a small amount of thyroid tissue bilaterally or near-total Thyroidectomy leaving about one gm or cm of thyroid tissue on one side)
- Total Thyroidectomy, which removes all identifiable thyroid tissue.