Recurrence of Thyroid Nodules after Surgical Removal in Patients Irradiated in Childhood for Benign Conditions
- 30 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 320 (13) , 835-840
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198903303201304
Abstract
To determine the incidence of benign thyroid nodules and the risk factors for their recurrence after surgical removal, we followed 511 patients for 1 to 40.6 years (median, 11.2) after surgery for benign thyroid nodules arising after local irradiation for unrelated benign diseases in childhood. Recurrent thyroid nodules developed in 100 patients (19.5 percent). The risk of recurrence correlated inversely with the amount of thyroid tissue removed. Women had a higher recurrence rate than men (28.4 percent vs. 10.3 percent; P<0.05).This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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