title: Subtotal thyroidectomy, the preferred option for eu- and hyperthyroid goitre.
abstract: A series of 268 patients operated on for benign thyroid diseases is presented. Totally 168 subtotal thyroidectomies and 100 hemithyroidectomies have been performed, with no mortality and 0.74% morbidity. Postoperative thyroid function was assessed in 135 patients; this demonstrated that many patients do not need postoperative hormone supplementation and that subtotal thyroidectomy must be considered the intervention of choice, even in uninodular forms.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery B, S. Giovanni Battista Turin General Hospital, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lasagna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*