[Overview of the history of thyroid surgery].

Thyroid gland surgery passed through history from the suggestions for prohibition, during middle of XIX century due to unacceptable mortality even for medieval condition, to highest vel of surgical laser, as W. Halsted sad. First thyroidectomy was done by Albucasis (El Zahrawi) in 925 a.d. and after him by Roger from Salerno. While Pierre-Joseph Dusalt in 1791 has done first operation on thyroid gland than can fulfill todays criteria, Teodor Billroth gave scientific grounds of thyroid surgery. Genius attitude and surgical talent of Theodor Kocher raised thyroid surgery o scientific level, brought surgical skills on the top of surgical art pyramid, and brought him personally to the Nobel Prize in 1909. Every important contribution to development of thyroid surgery gave its giants: Johann von Mikulic, William Halsted, Charles Mayo, George W. Crile and Rank Lahey. Thomas P. Dunhill, F.A. Coller, A.M. Boydena and many others did important contribution, too. Development of thyroid srugery was constant to nowadays, with tendention for multidisciplinary approach in specialized centres. Thyroid surgery in Serbia followed this world trends, in spite of treat problems in the area during history.