Table 2.
Characteristics of 116 patients with thyroid disease who underwent thyroid surgery and were evaluated with the SWAL-QOL instrument.
| Demographics | Percent |
|---|---|
| Patient age, years, mean ± SD | 49 ± 13 |
| Female gender | 81 |
| Diagnoses* | |
| Thyroid Cancer | 26 |
| Papillary carcinoma | 22 |
| Medullary carcinoma | 2 |
| Follicular carcinoma | 1 |
| Hurthle cell carcinoma | 1 |
| Benign Disease | |
| Multinodular goiter | 28 |
| Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | 27 |
| Follicular adenoma | 25 |
| Hurthle cell adenoma | 8 |
| Graves’ disease | 3 |
| Other benign lesion | 21 |
| Operation | |
| Total thyroidectomy | 55 |
| Thyroid lobectomy | 45 |
| Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy | |
| Prior to surgery | 15 |
| After surgery | 67 |
| Complications | |
| Transient hypoparathyroidism | 2 |
| Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury | 1 |
| Chyle leak requiring reoperation | 1 |
| Hematoma requiring reoperation | 1 |
*
Note: some patients received more than one diagnosis, e.g., mulitnodular goiter and follicular adenoma.