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.