Thyroidectomy.

Abstract

Of all operations in general surgery, those on the thyroid have a special esteem, because the introduction of safe thyroid surgery by masters like Joll and Dunhill in this country and Crile and Lahey in the United States saved young lives, and returned the unpleasant features associated with untreated thyrotoxicosis to normal. The emphasis of these Princes of Surgery to anatomic detail and careful surgery with good haemostasis remain the hallmark of thyroid surgery today.