Thyroid procedure types
Indications for thyroid procedure Table 6 summarises the various indicators for thyroid procedures. Note: each operative case may have multiple indications. The most common indicators for thyroid procedures were compression (34.7%) and risk of malignancy (33.1%).
Figure 7 shows the most common thyroid procedure types were hemithyroidectomy (45.0%) and total thyroidectomy (41.6%).
Indications
%
n
Compression
320
34.7
Risk of malignancy
305
33.1
Malignancy
171
18.6
Retrosternal goitre
87
9.4
Graves' disease
60
6.5
Other
58
6.3
MNG toxic
41
4.5
Single nodule toxic
14
1.5
Growth
12
1.3
MNG nontoxic
8
0.9
Single nodule nontoxic
2
0.2
Hyperparathyroidism
1
0.1
Table 6. Indications for thyroid procedure
Figure 7. Thyroid procedure types
Other thyroid procedure types
Table 5 outlines the breakdown of the ‘Other’ thyroid procedure types. The most common ‘Other’ procedure type was lymph node surgery (2.7%).
Other procedure type
n
%
Lymph node surgery
25
2.7
Partial biopsy of right Lobe
1
0.1
Partial right lobeectomy
1
0.1
Resection of thyroid rest and remanent
1
0.1
Subcutaneous nodule
1
0.1
Table 5. Other thyroid procedure type breakdown
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Endocrine Surgery Annual Report 2021
Endocrine Surgery Annual Report 2021
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