What does it mean to be a true “minimally invasive surgeon” in the world of thyroid and parathyroid surgery? At Austin Thyroid Surgeons we feel it means quite a bit more than simply making small incisions when surgery is necessary. Of course, when surgery is indicated we focus significant effort to achieve the best cosmetic
Appearing this week in the New England Journal of Medicine is an article titled “Saving Thyroids”. It is very appropriately timed from our perspective at Austin Thyroid Surgeons, as we strongly agree with the authors that there are currently too many total thyroidectomies being performed by surgeons on patients who should be getting only a lobectomy (removal
As mentioned in the prior post, high calcium can be caused by 1 of our 4 parathyroid glands growing abnormally large. When a high calcium is caused by hyperparathyroidism it is a single adenoma in 85-90% of cases. This is NOT a cancer, it is just ‘sporadic’ growth of the gland for reasons we do