Research Article
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%) |
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TT: total thyroidectomy; STT: subtotal thyroidectomy; DO: Dunhill operation.
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