Relationship between age and outcome in thyroid surgery: a prospective observational study

Abstract

The occurrence of thyroid nodules and goiter increases with age. In general, surgery age is a predictor of perioperative morbidity. In thyroid surgery, there are different data on the role of age on morbidity. We investigated the influence of age on the outcome in thyroid surgery in a prospective single cohort study with a follow-up after 1 year.

Keywords

• age
• benign thyroid nodules
• goiter
• quality of life
• thyroid surgery