Perioperative outcomes of thyroid cancer surgery in children and adults: a nationwide inpatient database study in Japan.

Background: Little is known about perioperative outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy. This study was performed to compare perioperative outcomes between children and adults undergoing thyroid cancer surgery using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

Methods: Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, we identified patients aged 0 to 40 years with thyroid cancer who underwent thyroidectomy from July 2010 to March 2020.