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• n  surgical removal of the thyroid gland

• Final step in the thyroidectomy was to bring the edges of the divided skin of the patient's throat together so neatly that each layer butts exactly against its companion layer.
• Julia Clifford Lathrop, 74, famed child-welfare worker; after a thyroidectomy; in Rockford, 111.

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• Comment on One Year After Thyroid Cancer Surgery and Divorce: One Mile High Mama’s Story by Mary
  I am going to an endocrinologist since having a thyroidectomy in nov of 2012 My doc does blood work and now 6 mo after he has done and ultrasound. Found out today that I have enlarged lymph nodes on both sides, won't know the answer until the radiologist reads the ultlrasound. I am scared but if you feel unsure rest assured to follow your instincts. My tsh was high then it was low , my energy ...
  June 6, 2013 - Denver Post