Characterization of Patients with Thyroid Cancer Operated on in “Freyre de Andrade” General Clinical Surgical Hospital
Keywords:
thyroid cancer, thyroidectomy, Bethesda classificationAbstract
Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant tumor originating in endocrine organs (more than 92 %) and comprises a group of clinically, epidemiologically and prognostically different tumors.
Objective: To characterize patients with thyroid cancer operated on at Freyre de Andrade General Clinical Surgical Hospital.
Methods: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out at Freyre de Andrade General Clinical Surgical Hospital in the period 2014-2019. The universe consisted of 32 patients operated on for thyroid cancer. Sociodemographic variables, Bethesda classification, histological diagnosis, used surgical technique and complications were analyzed.
Results: Thyroid cancer predominated in women (87.5 %) between 51 and 60 years of age (25.0 %). According to the Bethesda classification, category VI prevailed (15.62 %). Papillary carcinoma predominated (65.62 %). All patients underwent total thyroidectomy, while the complications were postoperative hematoma (6.25 %) and granuloma (6.25 %).
Conclusions: Thyroid cancer predominates in women between the fifth and sixth decades of life. The used surgical technique is total thyroidectomy, reporting low morbidity. The histological variant of papillary carcinoma predominates.Downloads
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