Surgical removal of the thyroid gland. Partial Thyroidectomy - removal of part of the thyroid eg. lobectomy or hemithyroidectomy Total Thyroidectomy - removal of all of the (remaining) thyroid gland.
(thigh-roid-EK-toe-mee) Surgery to remove part or all of the thyroid.
(THY-royd-EK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove part or all of the thyroid.
An operation removing all or part of the thyroid gland. More about this.
An operation to remove the thyroid gland.
A thyroidectomy involves the surgical removal of 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).
