Purpose: To assess the results obtained in patients with nontoxic uninodular goiter confined to the isthmus undergoing isthmectomy.
Methods: Between April 1994 and June 2006, 330 consecutive patients with nontoxic uninodular goiter underwent thyroidectomy at our institution. In 31 patients, lesions were limited to the thyroid isthmus with evidence of benign or undetermined pathology on ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim
February 1988