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Abstract The procedure of total thyroidectomy was developed by Theodore Kocher and William Halsted, total thyroidectomy was established as the preferred operation for a range of thyroid pathologies. The indications for total thyroidectomy are thyroid cancer, multinodular goiter (MNG), Graves’ disease and other less common conditions, such as thyroiditis and Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis. For MNG, the indications for surgery include suspicion of malignancy, either clinically or cytologically, thyrotoxicosis, pressure symptoms, retrosternal extension and occasionally cosmesis. |