Thyroid nodule

[hotlantian]

My wife has a thyroid nodule and result came as suspicious. Surgeon recommended a surgery but not sure if insurance is covered or not. Is it better to get it removed in India for lower price? 

[Kootami]

Just now, hotlantian said:

My wife has a thyroid nodule and result came as suspicious. Surgeon recommended a surgery but not sure if insurance is covered or not. Is it better to get it removed in India for lower price? 

find out if its cnacerous or not. if not surgery is only recommended only if is causing issues  while swallowing

[hotlantian]

1 minute ago, Kootami said:

find out if its cnacerous or not. if not surgery is only recommended only if is causing issues  while swallowing

Test report came suspicious and doctor recommended surgery. Looks like it will be expensive one here. 

[Spartan]

take second doctor opinion in India..and get it done.

[Kootami]

Just now, hotlantian said:

Test report came suspicious and doctor recommended surgery. Looks like it will be expensive one here. 

suspicious  antey ?? india lo cheap ee . but suspicious  antunnav kabatti find out what is t. Removing nodule is not a big deal any where

[DaVinci]

1 hour ago, hotlantian said:

My wife has a thyroid nodule and result came as suspicious. Surgeon recommended a surgery but not sure if insurance is covered or not. Is it better to get it removed in India for lower price? 

Did you consult an endocrinologist? Was the diagnosis based on FNAC test, if so what category did they assign to the nodule? 

[hotlantian]

4 hours ago, DaVinci said:

Did you consult an endocrinologist? Was the diagnosis based on FNAC test, if so what category did they assign to the nodule? 

I don’t know about FNAC but they did AFIRMA test and determined as Nodule A

[DaVinci]

22 minutes ago, hotlantian said:

I don’t know about FNAC but they did AFIRMA test and determined as Nodule A

I believe AFIRMA also employs fine needle aspiration (FNA) procedure. Not sure what "Nodule A" category translates to. I'm aware of Bethesda categorization of nodules but the one you mentioned is probably different. 

Surgery: Coverage depends on your insurance.

The surgery costs in India are not cheaper either. For minimally invasive surgery, you can expect anywhere around INR 2 lakhs. For the traditional surgery, the costs are around INR 50 thousand.

[laddu123]

7 hours ago, hotlantian said:

My wife has a thyroid nodule and result came as suspicious. Surgeon recommended a surgery but not sure if insurance is covered or not. Is it better to get it removed in India for lower price? 

Does doctor suggested to remove nodule alone or total thyroid gland?in India it cost from 1lakh to 1.5 lakh depend upon hospital and room you take.If it is cancerous it's better to do surgery by a oncologist than a general surgeon.In basavatharakam it cost at 1 lakh and vijayawada manipal general ward cost around 80k for thyroid surgery

[hotlantian]

Doctor suggested to remove affected thyroid in this case may be half thyroid. It could be cancerous annaru 50% probability. 

[Kootami]

Just now, hotlantian said:

Doctor suggested to remove affected thyroid in this case may be half thyroid. It could be cancerous annaru 50% probability. 

Cancerous aythey better get it removed sooner. Thyroid gland lekapoina emkaadu 

[sattipandu]

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[laddu123]

41 minutes ago, hotlantian said:

Doctor suggested to remove affected thyroid in this case may be half thyroid. It could be cancerous annaru 50% probability. 

They might do frozen section to find cancerous or not while doing surgery.normal way is they will remove nodule alone and they send that nodule to pathology and if report came positive they will reopen and remove total thyroid.