Hemithyroidectomy is the removal of half of the thyroid gland. This test is performed to remove hazardous or cancerous lumps.

1. HEMITHYROIDECTOMY

2. INDEX
⦿ Introduction
⦿ Facts
⦿ Symptoms
⦿ Risk factors
⦿ Causes
⦿ Treatment
⦿ About Meddco

3. Introduction
Hemithyroidectomy is the removal of half
of the thyroid gland. This test is performed
to remove hazardous or cancerous lumps.
This procedure, also referred to as a thyroid
lobectomy or partial thyroidectomy, is
performed to remove symptomatic or
cancerous nodules.

4. FACTS
Unless indicated by your surgeon, you
should be able to shower or bathe as
usual.
You may have a sore throat or a hoarse
voice after surgery
The parathyroid glands often
recover their function within six to
eight weeks. After total
thyroidectomy about five to ten per
cent may have permanent
hypoparathyroidism and will need to
take calcium and/or vitamin D for
life

5. SYMPTOMS
You develop a fever. Your incision or
any part of your neck becomes red,
tender or swollen. Your voice seems to
be hoarse, husky or weak. You develop
symptoms of a low blood calcium level,
such as numbness around your mouth,
tingling in your extremities, or spasms
in your feet, hands or face

6. RISK FACTORS
The reported risk of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy shows
considerable heterogeneity in literature.
● Bleeding.
● Infection.
● Low parathyroid hormone levels (hypoparathyroidism) caused by surgical damage or
removal of the parathyroid glands. These glands are located behind your thyroid and
regulate blood calcium. Hypoparathyroidism can cause numbness, tingling or
cramping due to low blood-calcium levels.
● Airway obstruction caused by bleeding.
● Permanent hoarse or weak voice due to nerve damage.

7. CAUSES
Cancer is the most common reason for
thyroidectomy. If you have thyroid
cancer, removing most, if not all, of
your thyroid will likely be a treatment
option. Noncancerous enlargement of
the thyroid (goiter). This involves
removing one lobe (or half) of the
thyroid. A doctor may recommend this
surgery if a nodule or low-risk thyroid
cancer is limited to one side of the
thyroid.

8. TREATMENT
A hemi-thyroidectomy or thyroid lobectomy –
where one lobe (one half) of the thyroid is
removed. Hemithyroidectomy entails removal of
the entire ipsilateral thyroid lobe and isthmus,
with or without removal of central neck lymph
nodes The procedure is typically performed for
suspicious thyroid nodules or small
differentiated thyroid cancers based on
biopsy via fine needle aspiration (FNA) and
occasionally for symptomatic benign thyroid
nodules. At most institutions the operation
can be completed safely in outpatient fashion
with patient discharge from the hospital the
same day.

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