ArticleInternational surgery2015
Should subtotal thyroidectomy be abandoned in multinodular goiter patients from endemic regions requiring surgery?
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- Total vs less than total thyroidectomy for benign multinodular non-toxic goiter: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Follicular-Patterned Lesions of the Thyroid Gland.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2026Review
- Partial upper sternotomy for resection of a large substernal goiter in a high-risk patient.Journal of surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Surgical outcomes and complications of completion thyroidectomy: a retrospective study.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- A case report of massive retrosternal goiter in a 54-year-old woman with symptoms of head and neck swelling and dyspnea.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Long-Term Effects of 0.1 mg Recombinant-Human-Thyrotropin-Stimulated Fixed-Dose Radioiodine Therapy in Patients with Recurrent Multinodular Goiter after Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Thyroid surgery in a context of scarce resources at Saint Martin de Porres Dominican Hospital (Yaounde, Cameroon)].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2024Article
- Risk factors of recurrent thyroid nodules after radiofrequency ablation.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Goiter surgery recommendations in sub-Saharan Africa in humanitarian cooperation.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Substernal Goiter: From Definitions to Treatment.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2022Review
- An overview of retrosternal goiter.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021Review
- Split Sternotomy in Retrosternal Thyroid and Mediastinal Parathyroid Pathologies.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2021Article
- Letter to "the Prevalence of Incidental Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients Who Underwent Thyroidectomy for Multinodular Goiter".The Indian journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Less than total thyroidectomy for goiter: when and how?Gland surgery · 2017Review
- Etiopathology, clinical features, and treatment of diffuse and multinodular nontoxic goiters.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2016Review
- Which Is the Ideal Treatment for Benign Diffuse and Multinodular Non-Toxic Goiters?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2016Review
- Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy as a Preoperative Procedure in Patients with Malignancy in Solitary and Multiple Thyroid Nodules.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
The most convenient surgical procedure for benign thyroid diseases is still controversial. The aim of this study is to determine the recurrence rate and risk factors for recurrence after different thyroidectomy procedures in multinodular goiter patients. Patients were separated into two groups according to the detection of a recurrent nodule or not after thyroidectomy. Of the 748 patients, 216 (29%) had recurrence, while 532 had no recurrent nodule. The difference between surgical procedures described as subtotal (ST), near total (NT) and total thyroidectomy (TT) was statistically significant. Transient hypoparathyroidism was significantly higher in NT and TT, when compared to ST patients (P < 0.05). Young age, bilateral multinodular goiter and insufficient surgery are risk factors affecting recurrence for benign nodular thyroid disease. Currently, subtotal procedures should be discontinued and total or near total procedures should be preferred. Meanwhile, the probability of a higher risk of hypoparathyroidism should be kept in mind.
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