{"id":1402,"date":"2024-09-20T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theme-dev.cmsmasters.net\/medical\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:40:23","slug":"common-questions-my-patients-ask-before-undergoing-thyroid-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/common-questions-my-patients-ask-before-undergoing-thyroid-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Common questions my patients ask before undergoing thyroid surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1402\" class=\"elementor elementor-1402\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e69fce9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default cmsmasters-block-default\" data-id=\"e69fce9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1643304\" data-id=\"1643304\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3bffa cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb3bffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-30x30.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-32520 cmsmasters_img cmsmasters-lazyload lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient.webp 768w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-30x20.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-15x10.webp 15w\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-450x300.webp 450w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-30x20.webp 30w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient-15x10.webp 15w, https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thyroid-patient.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a101c4b cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a101c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\u8fd9\u662f\u5927\u624b\u672f\u5417\uff1f<\/h3><p>This is an odd question, although I can understand the anxiety behind it. I do have a standard answer for this and it goes like this:<\/p><p>If by \u2018major\u2019, the patient worries about dying or having life-threatening complications post-operatively, or expects to be bed-bound for days suffering in pain, then the answer is \u2018no\u2019.<\/p><p>If, however, the patient expects the surgery to be over within an hour, be discharged the same day and return to work the next, then the answer is also \u2018no\u2019.<\/p><p>The reality is that the <b>surgery can take up to 3 hours <\/b>(depending on the extent of the surgery), the patient stays in the hospital 1-2 days after surgery, and she can eat, talk and walk immediately after the surgery with minimal discomfort.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b97031 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b97031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u6211\u4f1a\u5931\u58f0\u5417\uff1f\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a94128 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a94128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even though a change in voice or hoarseness is one of the major complications of a <a href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/service\/thyroid-cancer\/\" rel=\"noopener\">thyroid surgery<\/a>, the patient <strong>rarely loses their voice completely.<\/strong><\/p><p>Instead, a transient period during which she experiences a slight hoarseness or strength in voice is probably the most common result. The actual impact is often affected by the patient\u2019s expectations and whether she is a professional voice user.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ca256 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60ca256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What can I expect after the surgery?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb24ffa cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb24ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Surprisingly, the most common feedback from my patients is a sore throat rather than post-surgical wound pain. This is usually due to the ventilating tube that was used during surgery.\u00a0<\/p><p>My patients are expected to eat, talk and walk as per normal after surgery. There may be drains, which are fine tubes connected to small bottles, but these are removed before the patient is discharged home. Some blood tests are done to <strong>ensure calcium levels are normal<\/strong> before discharge.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077954a cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"077954a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u5b8c\u5168\u5207\u9664\u7532\u72b6\u817a\u540e\u6211\u4f1a\u53d8\u80d6\u5417\uff1f\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51bd13d cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51bd13d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There is a common concern amongst my female patients that they will become overweight after completely removing the thyroid gland.<\/p><p>The misconception stems from the fact that patients need to be on lifelong thyroid hormone replacement. On the contrary, a patient on the correct dose of hormone replacement, coupled with a regular diet and exercise, <strong>should not experience any change<\/strong> in her weight or lifestyle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05557e3 cmsmasters-testimonial-layout-bottom cmsmasters-testimonial-author-width-inline cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-cmsmasters-testimonial\" data-id=\"05557e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"cmsmasters-testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Review\"><div class=\"elementor-screen-only\" itemprop=\"itemReviewed\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Thomas Ho Surgery\">\n\t\t\t\t<link itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\" \/><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__main-area\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__content\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__content-outer\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__content-inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__text\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p>\u6211\u7684\u5973\u6027\u60a3\u8005\u666e\u904d\u62c5\u5fc3\uff0c\u7532\u72b6\u817a\u5207\u9664\u672f\u540e\u4f1a\u53d8\u5f97\u8d85\u91cd\u3002\u8fd9\u79cd\u8bef\u89e3\u6e90\u4e8e\u60a3\u8005\u9700\u8981\u7ec8\u8eab\u670d\u7528\u7532\u72b6\u817a\u6fc0\u7d20\u66ff\u4ee3\u836f\u7269\u8fd9\u4e00\u4e8b\u5b9e\u3002. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__author-info\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__author-info-outer\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__author-info-inner\"><div class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__author-info-wrap\"><span class=\"cmsmasters-testimonial__author-name\"><span itemprop=\"author\">\u4f55\u535a\u58eb<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c799f3 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c799f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u624b\u672f\u540e\u6211\u7684\u7532\u72b6\u817a\u95ee\u9898\u4f1a\u590d\u53d1\u5417\uff1f<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98f8b7 cmsmasters-block-default cmsmasters-sticky-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d98f8b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No, especially if the <a href=\"https:\/\/thomashosurgery.com\/zh\/service\/thyroid-nodules\/\" rel=\"noopener\">thyroid condition is benign<\/a> and the gland is removed by an experienced thyroid surgeon. Sometimes a benign problem may return if the surgery previously performed is less than a total thyroidectomy. If the condition stems from a cancer, there is definitely a risk of future recurrence depending on the aggressiveness of the cancer and the follow up treatment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thyroid surgery is one of the procedures in my surgical repertoire that I really enjoy and do a lot of (approximately 40 to 50 per year for the last 8 years!) 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