Jenny Walton

Head and Neck Fellow

MBChB, MSc (dist), FRCS (ORL-HNS), Oxford, UK.

Latest Contribution

Photo showing placement of the ports.

Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy / parathyroidectomy – a new approach

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery

Historically, scarless surgery has been popular in certain cultures. But is it gaining traction around the world? A UK team tell us more. Background Alternative, remote access approaches to thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy are increasing in popularity, the newest of these...

Illustration showing large goitre in a woman from Bern, Switzerland.

Monstrous craws and horrid butchery: a concise history of thyroid surgery

3 September 2024 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery

Prior to the foundation of our speciality, thyroid surgery had a dubious reputation and universally dismal outcomes. Jenny Walton casts a critical eye over this dark chapter. Diseases of the thyroid gland have been referenced in historic texts for well...