INTRODUCTION Seroma is defined as collection of fluid within the surgical site during postoperative period that causes several complications. Recognition of predisposing risk factors can lead to avoid seroma formation after thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out during a 3-year period and 678 patients were enrolled the study. We recorded demographic data,...

OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome of thyroid cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed between 1949 and 1997 with thyroid cancer presenting during pregnancy. RESULTS Nine women with a median age of 28 years were identified. A thyroid nodule was discovered by the clinician during routine antenatal examination in four cases, the remainder had noted a...

HYPOTHESIS To investigate the impact of total thyroidectomy on the rate of completion thyroidectomy for incidentally found thyroid cancer in euthyroid multinodular goiter. DESIGN A randomized, prospective clinical trial. SETTING A tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Patients with euthyroid multinodular goiter without any preoperative suspicion of malignancy, history of familial thyroid can...

BACKGROUND The most appropriate surgical procedure for multinodular goiter (MNG) remains under debate. Incidental thyroid carcinoma (ITC) is often identified on histopathological examination after thyroidectomy performed for presumed benign MNG. AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study was to determine the value of radical surgery for MNG patients considering the prevalence of ITC diagnosed post...

BACKGROUND Although the procedure requires a small surgical incision and a short duration, incision infection rate is very low in thyroidectomy; however, doctors still have misgivings about infection events. AIM We retrospectively analyzed the prevention of incision infection without perioperative use of antibacterial medications following thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS 1166 patients ...

Cretinism is a term frequently applied to forms of thyroid deficiency occurring in utero or early in extra-uterine existence. Experimental cretinism probably had its beginnitgs in the first recorded extirpation of the thyroid in young animals, which seems to have been performed by Raynard' in 1834. Two years later, Astley Cooper' published his observations on thyroid extirpation in pups. His an...

Thyroid tissue removed at partial thyroidectomy from primary thyrotoxicosis patients, after preparation for operation with carbimazole and Lugol's iodine, was studied with the histometric technique. In patients with little or no evidence of autoimmunity before operation, the chance of developing postoperative hypothyroidism was approximately 1 in 2 in those who had volume percentage of epitheli...

Background & Aims: Surgeons are not willing to participate in thyroid surgeries due to dangerous, although rare, complications of the procedure. Post thyroidectomy complications are divided in early and late onset; hypocalcemia, bleeding, thyroid storm and recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury are the most important ones. This study was performed to compare the frequency of recurrent laryngeal...