Non-Surgical Treatment of Goiter

Goiter is a disease that causes swelling in front of the neck, which is catalyzed by the enlargement of the thyroid gland for various reasons, and sometimes by dysfunctions. It causes difficulty in swallowing and breathing, feeling of pressure or aesthetic discomfort.

It can be removed surgically, in this case, if both lobes are removed; the patient is required to receive supplemental hormone therapy for life.

In benign growths, you can get rid of the nodules in one go without surgery, by microwave burning treatment in single nodules and embolization in large ones. The microwave length with a needle, embolization is done by entering the angiography with a needle from the groin, it is completed in 1 hour and you are discharged after 4 hours. Pathological tissues become lifeless and shrink over time, while normal tissues remain. There is no incision scar, or hoarseness is almost never seen.

The embolization method is the procedure of preventing the feeding of the problematic tissue without harming the patient and eliminating the problem, just like in diseases such as myomas, hemorrhoids, tumors, prostate enlargement and varicocele.