Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 554-560 , October 2009

Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy

,Accepted 1 June 2009.

References 

  1. Mittendorf E, McHenry C. Thyroidectomy for selected patients with thyrotoxicosis. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001;127:61–65
  2. Fewins J, Simpson C, Miller F. Complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2003;36:189–206
  3. Bergfelt G, Risholm L. Postoperative thyroid hormone therapy in nontoxic goitre. Acta Chir Scand. 1963;126:531–537
  4. Berglund J, Bondesson L, Christensen S, Larsson A, Tibblin S. Indications for thyroxine therapy after surgery for nontoxic benign goitre. Acta Chir Scand. 1990;156:433–438
  5. Hedman I, Jansson S, Lindberg S. Need for thyroxine in patients lobectomised for benign thyroid disease as assessed by follow-up on average fifteen years after surgery. Acta Chir Scand. 1986;152:481–486
  6. Hegedüs L, Hansen J, Veiergang D, Karstrup S. Does prophylactic thyroxine treatment after operation for non-toxic goitre influence thyroid size?. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987;294:801–803
  7. Farkas E, King T, Bolton J, Fuhrman G. A comparison of total thyroidectomy and lobectomy in the treatment of dominant thyroid nodules. Am Surg. 2002;68:678–682
  8. De Carlucci DJ, Tavares M, Obara M, Martins L, Hojaij F, Cernea C. Thyroid function after unilateral total lobectomy: risk factors for postoperative hypothyroidism. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;134:1076–1079
  9. Koh Y, Lee S, Choi E, Lee J, Mok J, Kim H, et al. Prediction of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy: a biochemical and pathological analysis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2008;265:453–457
  10. McHenry C, Slusarczyk S. Hypothyroidisim following hemithyroidectomy: incidence, risk factors, and management. Surgery. 2000;128:994–998
  11. Miller F, Paulson D, Prihoda T, Otto R. Risk factors for the development of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006;132:36–38
  12. Piper H, Bugis S, Wilkins G, Walker B, Wiseman S, Baliski C. Detecting and defining hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy. Am J Surg. 2005;189:587–591
  13. Vaiman M, Nagibin A, Hagag P, Kessler A, Gavriel H. Hypothyroidism following partial thyroidectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;138:98–100
  14. Wormald R, Sheahan P, Rowley S, Rizkalla H, Toner M, Timon C. Hemithyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease: who needs follow-up for hypothyroidism?. Clin Otolaryngol. 2008;33:587–591
  15. Buchanan M, Lee D. Thyroid auto-antibodies, lymphocytic infiltration and the development of post-operative hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy for non-toxic nodular goitre. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 2001;46:86–90
  16. Moon H, Jung E, Park S, Jung T, Jeong C, Ju Y, et al. Thyrotropin level and thyroid volume for prediction of hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy in an Asian patient cohort. World J Surg. 2008;32:2503–2508
  17. Seiberling K, Dutra J, Bajaramovic S. Hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy for benign nontoxic thyroid disease. Ear Nose Throat J. 2007;86:295–299
  18. Repplinger D, Bargren A, Zhang Y, Adler J, Haymart M, Chen H. Is Hashimoto's thyroiditis a risk factor for papillary thyroid cancer?. J Surg Res. 2008;150:49–52

 Presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Sarasota, Florida, March 5–7, 2009.

 Funded in part by the American College of Surgeons Resident Research Scholarship, and NIH grants T32 CA009614 and T35 DK062709-03.

PII: S0039-6060(09)00407-3

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.026

Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 554-560 , October 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution