Patient sample
Following XXXX Research and Education Hosptial (HREH) Ethical committee
approval (24.11.2021, 98-2021) , patients who underwent total or
hemithyroidectomy at the HREH by Otolaryngology and Head and Neck
Surgery clinic with at least 1 year follow up were included the study.
Retrospective review of the hospital and operative records,time period
between 2015 and 2020 years were done and patients who were under 18
years old, <1 year postoperative follow up, and additional
procedures required larger incision such as neck dissection were
excluded from study. A total of 182 patients who met the criteria were
called for control visit. A total of seventy seven (77) patients were
contacted and accepted to be included in the study. Patients’
demographic properties (age,sex, education level, body mass index),
comorbidities (hypertension , diabetes, depression etc.), scar
length,final pathalogy, type of surgery and necessity for radioactive
iodine (RAI) treatment were recorded.