The use of the LigaSure vessel sealer for thyroid surgery is an effective and safe alternative that reduces the overall operative time and could be successfully applied through a narrow surgical incision.

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The erythromycin-induced acceleration effect on gastric emptying was related to the plasma glucose level. Hyperglycemia might have chosen a cholinergic antagonist pathway that delayed gastric emptying of solids. Even though induced hyperglycemia inhibited gastric emptying, erythromycin accelerated the gastric emptying rate through two distinct pathways: cholinergic and noncholinergic.

As US and FNAC did not consistently detect cancer in patients with diffuse multinodular goiter in our endemic area, evidence-based indications for surgery in this group of patients is needed, although radical surgery and favorable tumor histology offer favorable outcomes in commonly diagnosed thyroid cancer after total thyroidectomy for endemic multinodular goiter.