[Present strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases].

Aim: Selective and critical presentation of the present exploring methods concerning surgical thyroid diseases and accomplishing a pre-surgical diagnosis as accurate as possible. Depending of the diagnosis--choosing the most appropriate surgical strategy according to the newest concepts in thyroid pathology.

Materials And Method: Clinical-statistic study, carried out retrospectively over 1,108 patients having various surgical thyroid maladies hospitalized in 1980-1999 period.