title: Surgical treatment of multinodular goiter: incidence of lesions of the recurrent nerves after total thyroidectomy.
abstract: The problems concerning surgical goiter treatment are discussed, particularly the morbidity of total thyroidectomy and possible injury to recurrent nerves in comparison to the partial resection of the gland. We discuss our case material and review the literature. We conclude that total thyroidectomy seems to be the most effective surgical procedure with lower morbidity than subtotal thyroidectomy.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgical pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bononi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Cesare
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Atella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fierro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Camgemi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy