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Preservation of parathyroid glands during total thyroidectomy: Improved technic utilizing microsurgery☆

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Abstract

An improved technic for total thyroidectomy, utilizing magnification, is described. A method of preservation of the parathyroid glands with intact blood supply has been developed. The completeness of total thyroidectomy has been confirmed in 91 per cent of patients studied by postoperative radioactive iodine scan.

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Presented at the Combined Meeting of the James Ewing Society and the Society of Head and Neck Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 25–29, 1975.

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From the Department of Surgery, Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park, New York.

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