After thyroid surgery, known as a thyroidectomy, most doctors will recommend you stay in bed the first day. Your doctor will, however, probably suggest that you begin moving about as soon as possible thereafter.
bouffant - a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) Adj.
A bronchobiliary fistula (BBF) is a pathological communication between the hepatic bile ducts and the pulmonary bronchial tree. The etiology is most often secondary to postsurgical complications or trauma and patients present with biliptysis (bile in the sputum) (1 â 3).