[Surgical methods in the treatment of nodular goiter].

The experience with surgical treatment of 4476 patients with a nodular form of goiter has been summarized. Of them, in 2684 the solitary nodes were revealed, in 1359--the multiple ones, in 433--the mixed ones. Operative intervention was performed with regard for spreading of the thyroid gland lesion: from sparing resection to total thyroidectomy with transplantation of a graft under superficial fascia of chest.