Shared Decision-making and Stakeholder Engagement in COVID-19 Tracheostomy

Abstract

compared with conventional hemostasis for thyroidectomy. 3 Second, data on thyroid-stimulating hormone levels were only collected at the first preoperative consultation; we did not collect data on thyroid-stimulating hormone, triiodothyronine hormone, or thyroxine hormone levels on the day of surgery. Because the study lacked data on thyroid hormone levels immediately before surgery, the effectiveness of preoperative treatments could not be assessed.Medical treatment should precede surgery. However, the results of this large nonrandomized clinical trial may encourage endocrine surgeons to reassure and motivate patients to undergo total thyroidectomy as a definitive treatment for hyperthyroidism.