Experience with thyroid surgery in the security forces hospital, Riyadh

ABSTRACT

Over a period of 5 years, 158 Saudi patients underwent thyroid gland surgery at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh 80% of the patients were females. Thyroid carcinoma occurred in 30% of the patients and 80% of those patients presented clinically with a solitary thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration cytology, when performed, was useful in determining the diagnosis but the false negative rate may be high. The morbidity and mortality rates of thyroid surgery in experienced hands are low