Body weight change is unpredictable after total thyroidectomy.
Ron GlickPaula ChangPeter MichailJonathan W SerpellSimon GrodskiJames C LeePublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2018)
This study did not reveal significant weight gain following thyroidectomy for a wide spectrum of pathologies. Specifically, preoperative hyperthyroidism, female gender and use of antithyroid medications do not predict weight gain after thyroid surgery.
Keyphrases
- weight gain
- body weight
- body mass index
- birth weight
- minimally invasive
- weight loss
- papillary thyroid
- coronary artery bypass
- mental health
- patients undergoing
- genome wide
- single cell
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- lymph node metastasis
- gestational age