Plymouth ENT

Advanced Ear, Nose & Throat Care
Center for Advanced Subspecialty Care and Otolaryngolgy providing for Plymouth County and southeastern MA.

Thyroid Surgery

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

The thyroid and parathyroid glands are endocrine organs (organs that secrete hormones into the blood stream). The thyroid gland secretes thyroid hormone which regulates metabolic activity at the cellular level throughout the body. Calcium regulating hormones are also secreted by a smaller subset of thyroid cells. The thyroid gland itself is located in front of the trachea (wind pipe) and below the voice box. On the back surface of the thyroid gland sit four parathyroid glands (more or less) these small pea size glands also play a large part in calcium regulation. Read more about Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

In the event of any post-operative problems Monday through Friday, please call the office at 508-746-8977. After office hours, or on weekends, the answering service will direct, and forward you call to Dr. Durante or Dr. Patel. In the unlikely event that Dr. Durante or Dr. Patel are not immediately available for a post-operative problem, you will be directed to proceed to the Jordan Hospital Emergency Room. There, an emergency room physician will be available to see you, and provide initial evaluation. Dr. Durante or Dr. Patel will then be contacted. On rare occasions when neither Dr. Durante nor Dr. Patel are readily available, further ENT evaluation, and coverage will be provided by Tuft’s New England Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology.

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