Table 1 Characteristics of patients
From: Total thyroidectomy with ultrasonic dissector for cancer: multicentric experience
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | Histopathologic features |
|---|---|---|
Patients with preoperative cytological or histological proved diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer | Patients with severe co-morbidities (severe obesity, diabetes, infective or hematological conditions) Patients on steroid or immunosuppressive medications Patients undergoing thyroidectomy and latero-cervical lymphadenectomy Patients undergoing secondary surgery in the cervical region Patients undergoing thyroidectomy for locally advanced tumors Patients with goitres submerged in the thorax | 251 papillary thyroid carcinoma 70 follicular thyroid carcinoma |