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Introduction  Thyrotoxicosis is often considered to be the most difficult thyroid operation because of the high vascularisation and the
risk of bleeding. The conventional haemostatic technique in thyroidectomy today include knot tying and electrocoagulation.
The introduction of the harmonic scalpel (HS) has led to further research if the use of the HS has any benefits in thyroid
surgery. To our knowledge, no previous study has evaluated the HS dissection technique in a homogenous group of patients with
Graves’ disease undergoing total thyroidectomy.