Open AccessDifficult total thyroidectomy in radioiodine refractory Graves’ disease with pre-operative voice change
Author(s) -
Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan,
Vnssvams D Mahalakshmi,
Panchangam Ramakanth Bhargav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical sciences/indian journal of medical sciences (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3654
pISSN - 0019-5359
DOI - 10.25259/ijms_260_2020
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroidectomy , exophthalmos , graves' disease , total thyroidectomy , ablation , refractory (planetary science) , disease , surgery , thyroid , physics , astrobiology
Thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease is challenging and if the patient had radioiodine ablation with its inflammatory changes which can make total thyroidectomy a herculean task. Here, we present a case of Graves’ disease with exophthalmos who underwent total thyroidectomy following 4 times radio ablation.