Total thyroidectomy as primary surgical management for thyroid disease: surgical therapy experience from 5559 thyroidectomies in a less-developed region

Table 3 Postoperative histopathological diagnosis and associated complications

Diagnosis	No.	Percent
Benign	3919	70.50
Multinodular goitre	3124	56.20
Toxic	382	6.87
Non-toxic	2766	49.76
Graves’ disease	157	2.82
Hashimoto’s disease	402	7.23
Subacute thyroiditis	85	1.53
Follicular adenoma	107	1.92
Malignant	1640	29.50
Papillary thyroid carcinoma	1336	24.03
Microcarcinoma	601	10.81
With Hashimoto’s disease	297	5.34
With Graves’ disease	43	0.77
Follicular carcinoma	130	2.34
Medullary carcinoma	65	1.17
Anaplastic carcinoma	4	0.07
Other	104	1.87
Total	5559	100

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