Total Thyroidectomy in North Uganda: A Cultural and Socio-economic Challenge for an African Country

Giulia Burali¹, Ogwang David Martin², Francesca Romana Fiorini³, Giuditta Mannelli⁴, Rita Giachetti⁵, Oreste Gallo⁴ and Roberto Santoro^4*

¹Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Donato Hospital, Italy

²Department of General Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Lacor, Lacor, Uganda

³First Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Cisanello Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy

⁴Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Florence, Italy

⁵Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Italy

^*Corresponding Author: Roberto Santoro, Department of Translational Medicine and Surgery, First Unit of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Florence, Via Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy, Tel: 0039-3387981033 Email: