A thyroidectomy involves the surgical removal all or part of the thyroid gland. Surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condition of the thyroid gland (such as hyperthyroidism).
After the removal of a thyroid patients usually take prescribed oral synthetic thyroid hormones to prevent the most serious manifestations of the resultant hypothyroidism.
A thyroidectomy involves the surgical removal all or part of the thyroid gland.
Surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condition of the thyroid gland (such as hyperthyroidism).
A "thyroidectomy" should not be confused with a "thyroidotomy" (or "thyrotomy"), which is a cutting into (-otomy) the thyroid, not a removal (-ectomy) of it.
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