Short-stay thyroid surgery for older patients, is it safe?

Background/Aim. The incidence of nodular thyroid dis-ease increases significantly with age as well the and aggressiveness cancers. aim study was to determine whether surgery for geriatric patients is safe in a short hospital stay set-ting. Methods. In this retrospective study, medical histories all operated (65 years older), whom total thyroidectomy (TT) or hemithyroidectomy (HT) performed from January 2012 December 2018, were analyzed. A 976 on diseases mentioned period, out which 247 fulfilled inclusion criteria. Patients reoperations simultaneous neck lymph node dissections excluded study. divided into two groups: HT group (33 patients) TT (214 patients). Each these groups, TT, had additional paired control groups. Control I consisted younger subjects 20?44 years, II included middle-aged 45?64 years. Results. All three groups ? geriatric, I, II, 214 each, 33 each. average 24 hrs, while group, 150 (70.1%) spent hrs at hospital. population, swelling in-creased drainage output higher compared both thus need longer hospitalizations. When compared, it shown that sub-jects each subsequent year intervention 22% lower chance developing complications, regarding pathohistological finding, benign hyperplasia less likely develop complications malignant hyperplasia. Conclusion. According can be safely within concept under 65 elder-ly, hospitalization days may extended due more frequent surgical nonsurgical complications. Speaking HT,