What is thyroid ablation?
thyroid ablation is a medical procedure that is designed to remove or deactivate thyroid tissue in the body. This technique is used to treat thyroid cancer by removing cancer cells so that they cannot continue to grow and spread. Depending on how far the cancer has progressed, ablation therapy may sometimes be extremely successful and the forecast may be quite good, although the patient will have to take thyroid replacement hormones throughout his life to replace the thyroid loss. Some leave may be required on days after thyroid ablation, as the patient may feel a little in the weather.
From a medical point of view, "removal" means. There are two types of thyroid ablation: chemical and surgical. Chemical ablation, also known as radioactive ablation, involves ingestion of radioactive iodine, while surgical ablation requires surgery to remove thyroid. Sometimes both techniques are used to ensure that all cancer tissue is removed.
For surgical ablation, the patient is subjected to general anesthesia and the thyroid gland is removed. Recovery after thyroidectomy is usually relatively fast, while some patients return home on the same day as surgery. Patients are usually monitored for several hours to several days after the surgery to ensure that they have been under surgery well. After surgery, medications should be taken to compensate for the missing thyroid gland, and usually follow the tests to see if the cancer's tissue remains.
Radioactive thyroid ablation requires swallowing radioactive pills of iodine. Thyroid tissue is the only tissue in the body that can absorb iodine, so radioactive iodine kills cancer cells in the thyroid and in other areas of the body if the cancer migrate without damaging other tissues. Depending on the dose of the patient may be hospitalized because he or she becomes radioactive, andIn general, some preventive measures should be used to avoid exposure to other people radiation on radioactive ablation.
Doctors usually discuss the treatment of cancer with their patients along with the risks and potential for recurrence. Every patient and cancer differ slightly, so it is sometimes difficult to predict the success of thyroid ablation. In addition to the maintenance of hormonal pills, patients may be required to come for periodic testing to ensure that cancer does not appear. Regular testing is important because timely catching recurrence is crucial in cancer treatment.