Surgical treatment of thyroid diseases in elderly patients

Title: Surgical treatment of thyroid diseases in elderly patients

Author: Raffaelli, Marco / Bellantone, Rocco / Princi, Pietro / De Crea, Carmela / Rossi, Esther D. / Fadda, Guido / Lombardi, Celestino P.

Reference: The American Journal of Surgery, 200 (4), p.467-472, Oct 2010

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.12.020

Keywords: Elderly patients; Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy; Geriatric surgery; Thyroid cancer; Toxic goiter

Abstract: …surgery and treat the thyroid disease conservatively…therapy. The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in recent…of incidence after the Chernobyl accident. 3,4 It is…factor in differentiated thyroid carcinoma. 5 Furthermore…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000296101000173X

Thyroid surgery: what has changed from (1970 to 2004): a Turkish perspective

Title: Thyroid surgery: what has changed from (1970 to 2004): a Turkish perspective
Author: Karakoc, Derya / Erol, Timucin / Memmedova, Bibihanim / Memis, Alptekin / Sayek, Iskender,

Reference: The American Journal of Surgery, 198 (1), p.12-16, Jul 2009

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.08.027

Keywords: Thyroid surgery; Pathology; Changes

Abstract: …factor such as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster…Unfortunately, thyroid cancer has become a problem…attributed to the Chernobyl disaster. 17 Turkey…know the relation of thyroid cancer to the Chernobyl accident, but as…

URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002961009000944