After thyroid cancer surgery

When every disease first occurs, the doctor will initially recommend only medication. Of course, if the condition is serious and has been diagnosed by the hospital, the doctor will choose surgery or physical treatment. However, in general, if the patient suffers from cancer, the possibility of drug treatment will be very low, and most of them require surgical treatment.

Every operation requires close cooperation among doctors. Of course, every operation carries risks, and there is no completely safe operation. Therefore, before the operation, the doctor will take preventive measures to minimize the risks of the operation. Nowadays, more and more people are suffering from thyroid cancer, and of course most of them are treated with surgery. Thyroid cancer develops slowly and has a low degree of malignancy. Most patients go to the hospital for examination after accidentally discovering a lump in the front of the neck or swollen lymph nodes in the neck. Usually, patients can live with the tumor for several years without any symptoms. A small number of patients are diagnosed with benign thyroid tumors before surgery. After surgical resection, pathological examination confirmed it to be thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer metastasizes to the cervical lymph nodes in more than 60% of cases, and distant hematogenous metastasis is around 10%.

Because radiation or chemotherapy are not effective for most thyroid cancers, surgery is still the main treatment for thyroid cancer. Whether thyroid cancer recurs or metastasizes after surgery is clearly related to the extent of surgical resection. According to statistics, the recurrence rate after simple tumor resection is 40% to 60%, the recurrence rate after tumor and ipsilateral thyroid lobectomy is 20% to 30%, and the recurrence rate after combined radical surgery of the neck is 10% to 20%. In addition, the degree of malignancy of thyroid cancer also determines the recurrence rate. That is, the higher the malignancy, the greater the possibility of postoperative recurrence or distant metastasis. The recovery period of 0 to 3 years after treatment is the peak period of tumor recurrence and metastasis, and rehabilitation and conditioning can be strengthened during this period.

After the operation, postoperative health care and recuperation are also very important, which can be said to directly affect the future development of the disease. In terms of diet, nutrition must keep up and replenish the lack of nutrition in time. Also, in terms of sleep, you must get enough sleep. And in terms of post-operative mentality, it is most important to maintain an optimistic and positive attitude. If your mentality is good, the disease will heal faster.