Thyroid surgery in children and young adults: potential overtreatment and complications.

Julia I StaubitzJulia BodeAlicia PoplawskiFelix WatzkaJoachim PohlenzHauke LangThomas J Musholt

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)

Preoperative diagnoses were correct in over 90% of group I and in nearly 45% of group II. The high proportion of carcinomas in group II ruled out the issue of potential overtreatment. The risk of severe postoperative complications was equally low in both patient groups.

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