Cancer-Related Thyroidectomy Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Compared with nonthyroid cancer patients, those receiving thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer show up to a 40% greater risk for diabetes.
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Compared with nonthyroid cancer patients, those receiving thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer show up to a 40% greater risk for diabetes.
Two studies find that patients with either systemic or cutaneous disease have higher rates of multiple comorbidities, including those commonly reported before and those less frequently associated.
Hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism guidelines developed by more than 100 global experts were presented at the ASBMR meeting and will be published next year, replacing 2014 and 2016 guidelines.
The incidence of the known complication of total thyroidectomy is shown to be under 3% in older patients.
Success was reported both in hospital and an outpatient setting. Insurance coverage is an issue, however, as is the risk that some physicians may perform ablation purely for profit when observation would be sufficient.