A Case Series Study on Thyroid Autotransplantation. | ||||
| Ain Shams Journal of Surgery | ||||
| Volume 17, Issue 3, July 2024, Page 231-239 PDF (545.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asjs.2024.368136 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Dina Hany* 1; Mohammed Gamal Abdelrahman2; Ahmed Nabil Elhoofy1 | ||||
| 1General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||||
| 2General Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction: Total thyroidectomy is a common surgery nowadays, yet the use of long-life replacement therapy has its complications. Thyroid autotransplantation helps to reach a euthyroid state with an autoregulatory mechanism of the grafted thyroid tissue. Aim of work: To assess the survival and function of autotransplanted thyroid tissue after total thyroidectomy in patients with multinodular goiter. Patients and methods: This is a prospective case series study that was conducted in Ain Shams University Hospitals and Helwan University Hospitals from January 2022 to January 2024 including a minimum of one-year follow-up. The study included 76 patients with simple multinodular goitre who underwent total thyroidectomy with thyroid autotransplantation. Results: All the patients reached a euthyroid state at 12 months follow up. Sixty-one patients didn’t receive any replacement therapy while 15 patients (20%) received low dose (50micogram) of levothyroxine to reach the euthyroid state. Conclusion: Thyroid tissue autotransplantation is a safe and easy procedure that can help to omit or lower the dose of replacement therapy post thyroidectomy. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Thyroid autotransplantation; thyroid function tests; thyroid scan | ||||
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