ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2011
Quality of life is not influenced by the extent of surgery in patients with benign goiter.
Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quality of Life in Patients with Benign Non-Toxic Goiter After Surgical Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of Preoperative Calcium and Magnesium Supplementation on Quality of Life and Hypocalcemia Post-Thyroidectomy.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2026Trial
- Quality of life (QoL) in patients with benign thyroid goiters (pre- and post-thyroidectomy): a prospective study.World journal of surgery · 2013Trial
- Vascular clips versus ligatures in thyroid surgery--results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (CLIVIT Trial).Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2012Trial
- Assessment of swallowing function impairment in patients with benign goiters and impact of thyroidectomy: a case control study.World journal of surgery · 2012Trial
- Influence of intraoperative electromyographic changes and surgical extent on post-thyroidectomy esophageal motility: a prospective cohort study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Goiter surgery recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa in humanitarian cooperation.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Patient-reported outcomes following total thyroidectomy and lobectomy in thyroid cancer survivors: an analysis of the PROFILES Registry data.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Assessment of thyroid-specific quality of life in patients with benign symptomatic thyroid nodules treated with radiofrequency or ethanol ablation: a prospective multicenter study.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Validity and reliability of the German version of the shortened thyroid-specific quality of life questionnaire (ThyPRO-39de).Endocrine connections · 2021Article
- Quality of life is not affected by thyroid surgery in nontoxic benign goitre in long-term surveillance-A prospective observational study.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2020Article
- Postoperative swallowing disorder after thyroid and parathyroid resection.Pragmatic and observational research · 2018Article
- The prevalence of post-thyroidectomy chronic asthenia: a prospective cohort study.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2017Article
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- Post-thyroidectomy chronic asthenia: self-deception or disease?Endocrine · 2015Observational
- Improvement of quality of life in patients with benign goiter after surgical treatment.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2014Article
- Unilateral thyroidectomy for the treatment of benign multinodular goiter.The Journal of surgical research · 2013Article
- Thyroid surgery for elderly patients: are they at increased operative risks?Journal of thyroid research · 2012Article
- Endemic goiter--individual risk factors necessitate individual treatment.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2011Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionThe surgical approach to benign goiter is becoming increasingly radical due to the risk of recurrent goiter. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the impact of surgery on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with benign goiter. MATERIAL AND
methodsHRQoL data from 115 patients with benign goiter were analyzed. Thirty-three patients (group 1) had a hemithyroidectomy. Sixty-five patients (group 2) had a so-called Dunhill operation (hemithyroidectomy + near-total thyroidectomy of the opposite side), and in 17 patients, a total resection of the goiter was performed. The validated HRQoL instrument, the EuroQol-5D, was applied to measure the health-related quality of life.
resultsWith an overall complication rate of 10% and no permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, it was shown that surgery for benign goiter is safe. In the validated HRQoL questionnaire (EQ-5D), no significant variance could be found between different surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy, hemithyroidectomy, or Dunhill procedure. Further, no significant differences in QoL were found in EQ-5D questionnaire compared to normal population.
conclusionThyroid surgery can be done safely and without impairment of life quality, regardless of the extent of the operation.
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