Dr. Avi Khafif Hefetz, a specialist in head and neck surgery and oncology at the A.R.M. Center of Tel Aviv’s Assuta Medical Center, led procedures to reduce the thyroid cartilage surrounding the ...

This innovative technique approaches the thyroid cartilage through an incision in the mouth, instead of requiring a neck incision. The preliminary outcomes, published May 4 in Facial Plastic Surgery & ...

With the thyroid cartilage removed, the neck is feminized. At this point, the jawbone can be reduced and contoured, if the patient desires. The incision in the mouth is closed with suture, ...

Although the thyroid hormones tri-iodothyronine (T3) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) are known to have a role in regulating growth-plate cartilage development, whether articular chondrocytes can ...