Thyroidectomy is the surgical removal of the entire thyroid gland on the contrary a lobectomy is removal of half of the thyroid gland a lobectomy is usually performed when the diagnosis of cancer is not known before the operation if cancer is found after the initial operation a completion thyroidectomy is often performed
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Tags: Total Thyroidectomy Surgery Video
Uploaded by: benchwork ( Send Message ) on 01-12-2011.
Duration: 2m 21s