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ea0015p372 | Thyroid | SFEBES2008

Thyriod surgery for patients 70 years old and over

Tulwin Dorota , Zeitoun Hisham , Hassanein Mohamed

The aim of this study was to examine the indications, the surgical result and the complications rate after thyroidectomy for patients aged 70 and over.Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of 46 patients underwent thyroid surgery at District General Hospital.Results: Micronodular goitre/20 patients/toxic thyroid/7 patients, and suspected malignancy/19 patients/was indication for surgery.Twenty-four pat...