[Total thyroidectomy as the most frequent surgical procedure on the thyroid gland].

In 1997 and 1999 at the Second Surgical Clinic 35 patients with thyroid disease were operated. The authors reflect on the increasing radicality of operations from the aspect of the endocrinologist and surgeon. Extended surgical operations in relation to the original endocrinological indications are explained by the surgical finding and results of the histological examination.