Development of a model to predict who will need to take a thyroid hormone pill after partial removal of the thyroid gland – Clinical Thyroidology® for the Public

From Clinical Thyroidology^® for the Public: When all of the thyroid is removed by surgery, patients will require a thyroid pill after surgery. When only part of the thyroid gland is removed during surgery (partial thyroidectomy or thyroid lobectomy), the thyroid tissue left behind might produce enough thyroid hormone to meet the body’s needs. The goal of this study was to develop a model to help predict which people will need to take a thyroid hormone pill after partial thyroidectomy. Read More…