Diffuse toxic goiter is one of the frequent endocrine pathologies that lead to damage cardiovascular system. The prevalence thyrotoxicosis in people over 65 years age 15%. clinic among elderly patients nonspecific and asymptomatic. Asthenic symptoms prevail – increasing muscle weakness, weight loss, neurological symptoms, expressed lethargy depression, changes gastrointestinal tract, Elderly of...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of thyroid cancer in patients with hyperthyroidism. METHODS This is a retrospective observational study using the data of 71 Omani patients with a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism due to Grave's disease, toxic multinodular goiter, and solitary toxic adenoma. These patients underwent thyroidectomy at the Royal Hospital (RH), Muscat, Oman, and were followed up...

Background: The normal thyroid gland is a fairly homogenous structure, but nodules often formed within its substance these nodule may be the growth and fusion of localized colloid – filled follicles, or discrete adenomas, or cyst. The terms adenomatous goiter, simple multi nodular goiter, non toxic nodular goiter, and colloid nodular goiter are used interchangeably as descriptive terms when a m...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of truncal ligation of the inferior thyroid arteries during bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy on the incidence of hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. DESIGN Prospective non-randomised study. SETTING Teaching hospital, Turkey. SUBJECTS 216 patients who had bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy for non-toxic nodular goitre between 1990 and 1996. INTERVENTIONS The t...

OBJECTIVE After thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia is the most significant complication for clinicians. In this study, we investigated the factors associated with development of hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We investigated the patients prospectively for age, gender, preoperative diagnosis, hormonal status, operative time, operating surgeon, existence of parathyroid gland ...