Complications in primary and completed thyroidectomy.

Purpose: To compare the rates of postsurgical complications following a primary and completed thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter (MNG).

Methods: A total of 7123 cases of thyroidectomy in two hospitals from 1990 to 2007 (n = 3834 [53.83%] total [TT], n = 2238 [31.

Subtotal and near total versus total thyroidectomy for the management of multinodular goiter.

Background: The purpose of the present work was to compare rates of postsurgical complications following thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter through a retrospective multicenter cohort study.

Methods: All cases of thyroidectomy (total-TT; near total-NT; and bilateral subtotal-ST) performed in two hospitals from 1990 to 2005 were studied to determine the incidence of complications after each procedure. Follow-up checked injury of laryngeal nerves, hypoparathyroidism, hypothyroidism, pathology recurrence, and appearance of neoplasm.

Hypothyroidism following partial thyroidectomy.

Objective: To compare rates of hypothyroidism following three types of partial thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter.

Study Design And Methods: All cases of partial thyroidectomies (hemi-, near-total, or subtotal) carried out at one Israeli and one Russian medical center (1990-2006) were retrospectively studied to determine the incidence of hypothyroidism after each procedure.

Results: There were 881 near-total, 1538 subtotal, and 1051 hemithyroidectomies (total 3470).

[Sex steroid hormone receptors in the cytosolic fraction of cancer and leukoplakia of the oral mucosa].

The paper deals with the studies of sexual steroidal hormone receptors in the tumor cytosolic fraction in 37 patients with squamous cell carcinoma and in 18 patients from leukoplakia foci in the oral mucosa. One or two types of androgen and estrogen receptors were detected in the tumor cytosolic fraction in most female (75%) and male (62%) patients with squamous cell carcinoma. The detection rate and the mean values of androgen and estrogen receptors in squamous cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa were associated with sex, age, disease stage, type of growth and site of a tumor.