Goiter Surgery. Your doctor may recommend that you consider thyroid surgery for 4 main reasons. Thyroid surgery almost always requires hospitalization and anesthesia.
Like large nodules goiters can block the throat and interfere with eating. Thyroid surgery almost always requires hospitalization and anesthesia. Surgery may be required to remove a goiter.
Goiter surgery taking out all of a part of the thyroid gland partial or total thyroidectomy is one option if the goiter is so large that it is causing difficulty with swallowing or breathing or is uncomfortable or other cases if the goiter nodular causes hyperthyroidism.
Removing all or part of your thyroid gland total or partial thyroidectomy is an option if you have a large goiter that is uncomfortable or causes difficulty breathing or swallowing or in some cases if you have a nodular goiter causing hyperthyroidism. Surgery may be needed if the goiter is large and causes problems with breathing and swallowing. Surgery must be done if cancer is present. Surgery is also the treatment for thyroid cancer.
