Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity is a major public health issue frequently associated with increased complication rates after elective general surgery. Previous reports on complications after thyroid surgery in obese patients were performed on selected cohorts. In this study, we sought to explore the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and postoperative morbidity after thyroid surgery in a large cohort of consecutive patients.Materials and Methods: A single-ce...

Background: Ultrasound guided minimally invasive therapies are becoming increasingly popular for the treatment of symptomatic benign thyroid nodules. Efforts have been directed on the prediction of volume reduction as a measure of efficacy of the procedure. Aim of the present study is to identify predictors of 6-months volume reduction rate (VRR) after radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules.Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective s...