Thyroid Surgery

A thyroidectomy is an operation that involves the surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. In general surgery, endocrine or head and neck surgeons often perform a thyroidectomy when a patient has thyroid cancer or some other condition of the thyroid gland or goiter.

What is the purpose of a thyroidectomy?

Thyroidectomy is surgery to remove all or part of your thyroid gland. Surgeons perform thyroidectomies to remove goiters and thyroid nodules and to treat thyroid cancer.