Surgery was postponed until 5 months' postpartum because the patient wished to breastfeed. The surgeon (G.A.) removed a voluminous, partially cystic, multinodular goiter weighing more than 150 g ...

surgery: thyroidectomy. Treatment recommendations by survey respondents for the hypothetical older patient cases with multinodular goiter as a function of thyrotropin (TSH) suppression.

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Multinodular goiters may well be treated ... Regarding "prophylactic surgery" for nodular or diffuse goiter in the prevention of thyrotoxicosis, we believe that this complication can be well ...