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Thyroid Oct 2008, Vol. 18, No. 10: 1135-1137. (Source: Thyroid)  MedWorm Sponsored Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.

Abstract
Background  Endemic goiter caused by iodine deficiency is still very common in sub-Saharan Africa and is a surgical challenge because
of the often large size of the goiters.

Methods  A retrospective analysis was made of patients who underwent operation for thyroid diseases during a surgical help program
in Leo/Burkina Faso during a 7-year period from 2001 to 2008.

Results  A total of 253 cases presented with goiters grade III (WHO classification) were operated on: 134 hemithyroidectomies, 108

Abstract  A fifty two year old female underwent attempted thyroidectomy for a progressively enlarging cervical swelling. At operation
the thyroid gland was extensively fibrosed and not resectable, frozen section showed fibrous replacement. The patient was
given a short course of postoperative corticosteroid therapy and was maintained on thyroid replacement therapy. Thirty months
later the patient remains asymptomatic.

Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/BF02967224Authors

Recurrent laryngeal nerve protection in thyroidectomy
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Surgical WorkshopDOI 10.1007/BF02967198Authors
D. S. O’Riordain, Cork University Hospital Departments of Surgery IrelandM. P. Brady, Cork University Hospital Departments of Surgery Ireland

Journal Irish Journal of Medical ScienceOnline ISSN 1863-4362Print ISSN 0021-1265

Journal Volume Volume 164

Journal Issue Volume 164, Number 4 / October, 1995 (Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science)

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