Intracapsular total thyroidectomy experience and outcome for benign thyroid diseases

Abstract EN

Background : the total intracapsular thyroidectomy is a new procedure that removes all the thyroid tissue for benign thyroid diseases and two third of thyroid capsule with better intraoperative and post-operative consequences and less operative time than the capsular dissection.

and no recurrence rate of goiter or graves’ disease that was detected during the follow up period.

objectives : to evaluate the outcome of total intracapsular thyroidectomy of benign thyroid diseases in term of safety and efficacy.

patients and methods : this is a prospective descriptive study carried out in department of general surgery including a total of 80 patients with benign thyroid disease who underwent intracapsular total thyroidectomy.

patients were followed up for 6 months to 3 years with a median of 41.4 months for postoperative complications.

results : the mean age of the patients was 42.72 ± 8.12 years.

the majority of patients were females (87.5%).

the study showed that 97.5 % of the patient had no intraoperative complications.

postoperatively, only 4 patients (5%) developed complications.

the mean operative time and blood loss was 71.78 ± 9.32 min and 82.8 ± 32.5 ml, respectively.

conclusion : the total intracapsular thyroidectomy is new procedure and more sophisticated than other operation types to treat benign thyroid disease.

however, it is safe and efficient.