Nontoxic Multinodular Goitre and Incidental Thyroid Cancer: What Is the Best Surgical Strategy?—A Retrospective Study of 2032 Patients

Table 1

The early complications in the successive analyzed years per type of surgical procedure.

Year	Type of surgery	Number n (%)	RLNP		OT	POB
			Unilateral	Bilateral
2008	TT	78 (100%)	1 (1.28%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.84%)	0 (0.0%)
	STT	156 (100%)	1 (0.64%)	1 (0.64%)	2 (1.28%)	1 (0.64%)
	DO	86 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.16%)	0 (0.0%)
2009	TT	78 (100%)	1 (1.28%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.41%)	0 (0.0%)
	STT	108 (100%)	1 (0.92%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.92%)	0 (0.0%)
	DO	113 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.76%)	0 (0.0%)
2010	TT	99 (100%)	1 (1.01%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.02%)	1 (1.01%)
	STT	102 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.98%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
	DO	138 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.72%)
2011	TT	180 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.55%)	8 (4.44%)	0 (0.0%)
	STT	48 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (208%)	1 (2.08%)
	DO	142 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.55%)	2 (1.1%)
2012	TT	202 (100%)	8 (3.96%)	2 (0.99%)	14 (6.93%)	2 (0.99%)
	STT	33 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.06%)	1 (3.03%)
	DO	121 (100%)	1 (0.82%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.47%)	0 (0.0%)
2013	TT	230 (100%)	4 (1.73%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.34%)	8 (3.47%)
	STT	17 (100%)	1 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.8%)
	DO	101 (100%)	1 (0.99%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.98%)	0 (0.0%)
Total		2032	20 (0.98%)	5 (0.24%)	57 (2.80%)	18 (0.88%)

RLNP: recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; OT: overt tetany; POB: postoperative bleeding; TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; DO: Dunhill operation. Double hemorrhage after surgery, twice reoperated.