thethyroidguy

Hoping and praying for the safety of Israel.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!

Just want thank you guys for all the great questions and feedback that we get! Believe it or not, you’ve been pushing me to grow in my knowledge of and health as I try to answer and learn about many of your concerns 🙏🏻❤️

Here's a total specimen. Underneath, we have a lymph node packet. The lymph nodes were taken out as part of our central neck , which is done when we know or suspect certain types of

One of our awesome OR Techs holding up the head-light that I MacGyvered to provide enough cushioning so it wouldn't crush my head during the

Post-op visit… thanks for the trust ❤️🙏🏻

Here's a somewhat small . This little guy was causing a very elevated calcium in our which led to kidney stones and osteoporosis.

We measure the parathyroid hormone level during … Before removing the abnormal gland the hormone level was 169. Then, 15 minutes after removing it, the hormone level normalized down to 19.

Patient cured 🙏

Happy 🙏🏻❤️

Here's a large removed this week causing compression type symptoms. The two lobes of the are separated by the 👨🏻‍⚕️

6 months after resection… is feeling great and looking great 🙏🏻❤️

Our with this super enlarged left lobe also had Graves' disease... Even though the right lobe was normal in size, a total was required to adequately treat the Graves'.

Look at the marked difference in the size of the lobes…

Large removed this week. It was wrapping around and deviating the In a few weeks or months hopefully our will start noticing how much easier it is to breath and function…

This is a large that was causing pressure symptoms…

Kind of looks like a owl, no?

vs.

Thank you 🙏🏻

Taking out

A massive removed today, that was extending down into our 's . Luckily we were able to remove it without having to crack open the chest.

I know you guys out there very often have many very impotant related questions… Here’s your chance to ask 🫶🏽

Massive removed last week.

This soft tissue came from deep in our 's . Fatty, hopefully benign 🙏🏻

"The Nerve" The white diagonal structure is the Recurrent that we always discuss... It controls the movement of the . During , we must identify and preserve it. It's pretty much always the key to the case. Here it is during one of our cases from this week...

If it gets injured our sounds hoarse, kinda like the Godfather…

*Sensitive Content*

Any guesses what we're looking at?

The 2 larger objects are ... The 2 smaller things are of the other 2 normal appearing parathyroids.

Last image is from .

Always amazing to put a under the I can’t help but to see it as a simple work of art

with a large within thyroid lobe.

One of us and another of the Thank you for the thoughtful gift 🙏🏻

Where’s the ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fairly removed today. Our was having trouble and even and , just from the pressure it was causing…

Here's an example of one of our from this week that had a double . Meaning that, of the 4 , 2 were actually abnormal. This is a much less common occurrence that happens in anywhere between 5-20% of hyperparathyroid patients.

Kind of looks like 🇮🇹

This is a "packet" removed this week during a modified for .

Thanking all of our soldiers past and present for making this the greatest country in the world 🇺🇸

What day is it? Oh yeah, it’s

from who underwent

Here in Cleveland keeping up to date 😎 Proud to be a member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons 👨🏻‍⚕️

Let the meeting begin...
Here in Cleveland...

Some compilations from previous related and 👨🏻‍⚕️

Just removed this from a 2cm . Thus the head light… to see into the tiny incision.

Where’s the ? 🤓🙏🏻

The first 2 pictures are of different we removed this week.
Both had in them.
(The most common kind; .)

The third picture is of a packet, part of a central node ... (removed during one of our cases.)

Here is a that is seeing us for some other reason... Unrelated to these physical findings.

This patient many many years ago had and underwent, as part of his , a .

It isn't something we usually do these days. These days if a neck dissection is required, we do what's called a "modified" neck dissection.
It is a less . We preserve 3 important structures that in the old operation are sacrificed.

Of the 3 structures preserved,
2 of them are important for function and appearance
The accessory and the