The principles involved in preoperative assessment and management of the patient who is to undergo thyroidectomy are discussed.
The techniques of anaesthesia that have been found most successful for thyroidectomy at The Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney are described. The effectiveness of these techniques is indicated by reference to the complications found following review of 200 consecutive thyroidectomies.
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