title: [Results of surgical treatment of nodular diseases of the thyroid gland in senile patients].
abstract: The article presents an analysis of results of surgical treatment of 90 patients aged older than 75 years (mean age 78.0+/-2.8 years) with nodular diseases of the thyroid gland. The influence of a concomitant pathology in other organs on the course of diseases of the thyroid gland was established. It was noted that in senile patients malignant tumors appeared three times more often against the background of a benign pathology of the thyroid gland than in young patients. Main indications for surgical treatment were compression syndrome and cancer of the thyroid gland. The results of treatment of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland in senile patients and causes of postoperative complications were studied. Unfavorable results of treatment were due to prolonged observations at the pre-admission stage, predominance of patients (63.0%) with the 4th stage of disease, almost half of them had anaplastic cancer.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Romanchishen
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kuz'michev
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bogatikov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*