The Morbidity of Reoperative Surgery for Recurrent Benign Nodular Goitre: Impact of Previous Unilateral Thyroid Lobectomy versus Subtotal Thyroidectomy

Table 1

Group demographics and timing and indication for reoperation.

	Group 1 𝑛=259	Group 2 𝑛=235
Sex
Male	21 (8%)	20 (9%)
Female	238 (92%)	215 (91%)
Age
Age at first operation	38.0 years	40.0 years
Age at reoperation	53.2 years	53.9 years
Interval between initial and reoperative surgery	15.2 years	13.9 years
Indication for reoperation
Isolated nodule	38 (14.7%)	36 (15.3%)
Multinodular goitre	221 (85.3%)	199 (84.7%)