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

Table 5

Types of surgical procedures during the course of the study (2008–2013).

Type of surgery	Year						Total
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
TT	78 (24.37%)	78 (26.08%)	99 (29.20%)	180 (48.64%)	202 (56.74%)	230 (66.09%)	867 (42.66%)
STT	156 (48.75%)	108 (36.12%)	102 (30.08%)	48 (12.97%)	33 (9.26%)	17 (4.88%)	464 (22.83%)
DO	86 (26.87%)	113 (37.79%)	138 (40.70%)	142 (38.37%)	121 (33.98%)	101 (29.02%)	701 (34.49%)
Total	320 (100%)	299 (100%)	339 (100%)	370 (100%)	356 (100%)	348 (100%)	2032 (100%)

TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; DO: Dunhill operation.