97: Five Important Things Your Thyroid Surgeon Maybe Not Telling You, with Dr. Akira Miyauchi
During this episode, the following topics are discussed: 1. Financial burden of surgery versus total cost of active surveillance over ten years. 2. Stretching Exercises for Neck 3. Setting patient expectations prior to FNA to manage anxiety 4. When the laryngeal nerve is severed during thyroid surgery, it can and should be repaired, with proper surgeon skill and training. 5. The most common question asked to Dr. Miyauchi by surgeons from around the world.