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What is Thyroidectomy?

A thyroidectomy operation that involves the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. Surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condition of the thyroid gland (such as hyperthyroidism).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 3 0
Cancer 3 1 Efficacy_major
left lobe removed due to lumps 1 0
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Thyroidectomy

Hospitalization 4
Pain 1
Fatigue 1
Cramps in calf muscles 1
Brain fog 1
Exhaustion 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Thyroidectomy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 78%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 22%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped having Thyroidectomy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Having Thyroidectomy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Thyroidectomy

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 100%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Thyroidectomy

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 100%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Thyroidectomy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 22, 2012.