[Contralateral hemithyroidectomy due to carcinoma of the thyroid. Our cases reviewed and updated].

Objective: We are reporting our 14 years' experience with prior hemithyroidectomies or contralateral hemithyroidectomies after a pathology result reporting malignancy (thyroid carcinoma) in the first surgery.

Material And Method: Twenty female patients with an average age of 45 years old have been studied and we have analyzed the initial symptoms, results of complementary tests, pathology diagnosis following initial surgery, and final outcome after a second intervention.

Results: The incidence of malignancy shown in our series after secondary surgery was 40 % and the percentage of hemithyroidectomy on hemithyroidectomy was 3 % after operating on 650 thyroid glands.

[Hyperparathyroidism associated with thyroid disease. Retrospective study of 15 patients treated in 11 years].

The association of hyperparathyroidism with thyroid pathology previous to surgery is not very frequent in our cases, almost a 15%, but it means another difficulty for the diagnostic and treatment. Between 1991 and 2001 we have studied and operated 15 patients with this clinic association. 14 were female and only 1 male with a range age of 59 years old.