Pyramidal Lobe of the Thyroid Gland: Surgical Anatomy in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">          Total</td><td align="center">       Woman</td><td align="center">        Man</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total thyroidectomy</td><td align="center">       166</td><td align="center">      125 <svg height="12.6251pt" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-2.2681pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -10.357 36.9737 12.6251" width="36.9737pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="346" vert-adv-y="346"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,4.498,0)"><path d="M447 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The incidence of pyramidal lobe in female and male thyroidectomy cases.

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Table 1: Pyramidal Lobe of the Thyroid Gland: Surgical Anatomy in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy 