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SURGICAL ANATOMY

VASCULAR SUPPLY

NERVES

External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve

PARATHYROID GLANDS

LYMPHATICS

Central Compartment of the Neck

Lateral Compartment of the Neck

INDICATIONS FOR THYROIDECTOMY

SOLITARY THYROID NODULES

LOW-DOSE EXTERNAL IRRADIATION OF THE HEAD AND NECK

HIGH-DOSE EXTERNAL IRRADIATION THERAPY

PREPARATION FOR SURGERY

HYPOTHYROIDISM

HYPERTHYROIDISM

SURGICAL APPROACH TO THYROID NODULES

Non-irradiated Patients

Irradiated Patients

SURGICAL APPROACH TO THYROID CANCER

Papillary Carcinoma

Treatment of minimal papillary carcinoma

Standard treatment of most papillary carcinomas

Controversies

Low-risk papillary cancer

High-risk papillary cancer

FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA

HURTHLE CELL TUMORS AND CANCER

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA

MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA

OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR THYROIDECTOMY

Lobectomy or total thyroidectomy

Subtotal thyroidectomy

Alternative technique of standard thyroidectomy

POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Thyroid Storm

Wound Hemorrhage

Injury to the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

Hypoparathyroidism

DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE THYROID

THYROID ABNORMALITIES

THYROID HEMIAGENESIS

ECTOPIC THYROID

Lingual Thyroid

Thyroglossal Duct Cysts

Suprahyoid and Infrahyoid Thyroid

Lateral Aberrant Thyroid

Substernal Goiters

Struma Ovarii

Struma Cordis