Dr John Chaplin has performed over 3000 thyroidectomy cases in his career and he continues to perform around 130-150 thyroid operations per year
The Importance of High Volume Surgical Experience in Thyroidectomy Outcomes When referring patients for thyroid surgery, the experience...

John Chaplin
Aug 312 min read


Salivary gland tumours
Parotid bed with main trunk and upper and lower divisions of facial nerve exposed following tumour resection. Salivary Gland Tumours in...

John Chaplin
Aug 173 min read


Massive compressive goitre
John recently removed a 667 gm thyroid affected with multinodular goitre which was causing severe compressive symptoms. The surgery was...

John Chaplin
Aug 111 min read
Parotidectomy
I recently performed a successful parotidectomy on a patient from outside of Auckland who travelled here to specifically have her surgery...

John Chaplin
Jun 161 min read