Background: The rate of postoperative complications following surgery for thyroid carcinoma
is increased compared to that following benign goitre surgery; however, risk factors have not …

The perioperative complication rate of 548 thyroidectomies in 536 patients was evaluated in
a retrospective study. Local problems were present in 14% of the patients. Most frequent …

Background: Whether thyroid re-operations are associated with an increased complication
risk is controversial. The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis of patients …

The aim of this retrospective study is to analyze the risk factors of morbidity in thyroid
surgery. From January 1997 to December 2001, 343 patients (69 males and 280 females …

Background: The morbidity of thyroid surgery is low. Despite this, some authors advocate a
subtotal thyroidectomy instead of a total thyroidectomy, to avoid the higher morbidity …

Abstract Background and Aim During recent years, more radical surgery for thyroid disease,
ie, total instead of subtotal resection, has been evident. Results following this strategy on …

Authors report the postoperative complication rate in 52 patients who had undergone total
thyroidectomy for cancer between 1984 to 1989. Total thyroidectomy has been performed in …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of complications and the risk factors in relation to the extent
of surgery in patients undergoing thyroidectomy in a tertiary university center. DESIGN Data …

The surgical approach to differentiated thyroid carcinoma is still controversial, as many
authors consider it necessary to remove the whole gland. Therefore, when definitive …

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma often has a favourable prognosis. However, there is no
unanimity about the surgical procedure used. In this analysis we evaluated the surgical …