SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FOLLICULARTUMOR OF THYROID GLAND

In this work, based on the research of treatment results of 646 patients that were operated for nodular and multinodular nontoxic goiter in Hospital St. Elizabeth endocrinology center, in the period from 1997 to 2013, an analysis of the malignant tumor frequency in patients with follicular thyroid tumors who underwent surgical treatment for the nodular goiter was performed. In this group gender and age characteristics of patients with follicular thyroid tumors were identified, and also an evaluation of surgical treatment safety in patients operated for follicular thyroid tumors was performed.