XXXX : a surgical scourge.

@entity1 @entity649 @entity2967 @entity1729 @entity4759
The @entity2967 is an interesting phenomenon almost exclusively confined to regions of @entity4759 . A majority of @entity1 with @entity2967 usually desire operation for social and cosmetic reasons. Some of them however suffer frequent attacks of intercurrent @entity1729 which complicates the post-operative course. About a fifth of them present with acute @entity649 requiring emergency surgery. The peri-operative management of this disease is both formidable and hazardous. The operative time is not only longer than for a standard thyroidectomy but mortality can also be unacceptably high. In this paper the author reports his personal experience with 30 @entity1 whose resected specimens weighed between 500g and 1750g. There was a total of six complications; one @entity1 developed a deep haematoma which produced @entity649 post-operatively. Five @entity1 developed suture abscesses at intervals after the operation. There was no mortality.
