Relationship between age and outcome in thyroid surgery: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The occurrence of thyroid nodules and goiter increases with age. In general, surgery age is a predictor of perioperative morbidity. In thyroid surgery, there are different data on the role of age on morbidity. We investigated the influence of age on the outcome in thyroid surgery in a prospective single cohort study with a follow-up after 1 year.

Methods

Total thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy was performed in euthyroid benign thyroid goiters (n=152). The primary endpoint was surgery duration. The secondary endpoints were weight of resected tissue, body mass index (BMI), amount and type of perioperative and long-term complications, and quality of life (QoL) preoperatively and 1 year postoperatively.

Results

A significant three-way interactive relationship

SUBMITTER: Tabriz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754023 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature