What is the definition or description of: thyroid surgery?

Removal thyroid: Thyroid surgery means removal of half (lobectomy) or all of the thyroid (total thyroidectomy). In the past, removal of nodules was done, but this is no longer recommended.

Thyroid Surgery: Surgical removal of the thyroid can be performed safely in experienced hands. Risks include general anesthesia, bleeding, infection, injury to nerve that moves vocal cord causing hoarseness and swallowing difficulties, injury to parathyroid glands causing low calcium and need for medications, need for thyroid medications, scar and need for additional surgery.

Removal: Hemithyroidectomy is the removal of half the gland and is used to remove an abnormal nodule for diagnosis. Total or subtotal removes all or most of the gland for thyroid cancer, large goiters with symptoms, toxic goiters (hyperthyroidism), bilateral abnormal nodules. Completion thyroidectomy is a second surgery to remove residual thyroid if cancer is found. Sometimes lymph nodes are removed.

Thyroid surgery: This means removal of part or all of your thyroid. Half removal is hemithyroidectomy. Complete thyroid removal is total thyroidectomy.