Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

Characteristic	N (%) or median (range)
Age at diagnosis (years)	32 (11–63)
Age at surgery (years)	34.5 (19–63)
Time between diagnosis and surgery (months)	26.5 (3–112)
Sex
Female	56 (90.3%)
Male	6 (9.7%)
Surgical indication
Failed medical treatment	54 (87.1%)
Mechanical obstruction	2 (3.2%)
Cosmetic	2 (3.2%)
Patient preference/refusal radioactive iodine treatment	2 (3.2%)
Cold nodule	1 (1.6%)
Pregnancy wish	1 (1.6%)
Preoperative radioactive iodide treatment
No	49 (79.0%)
Yes	13 (21.0%)
Previous medical treatment
Antithyroid drugs (+ thyroxine + β-blocker)	62 (100%)
Duration of thyrostatic treatment(months)	23 (4–73)
Medical treatment at the time of surgery
Antithyroid drugs	45 (72.6%)
Antithyroid drugs + amiodarone, Lugols or ipodate	11 (17.7%)
Amiodarone	1 (1.6%)
Ipodate	5 (8.1%)