Introduction:

Nodular thyroid disease is a reason for medical consultation, the surgical decision is marked by the suspicion of malignancy, an increase in size, the presence of a compression symptoms, and even aesthetic reasons.

Objective:

To describe the clinical and surgical characteristics of patients with thyroid disease, operated at the "Comandante Pinares" hospital.

Methods: A descriptive, ambispective study of patients undergoing thyroid surgery at the “Comandante Pinares” Hospital was performed in the period from January 2014 to December 2018. A sample was taken of 85 patients who met the inclusion criteria. Data was obtained from medical records in a form designed for research. Demographic, epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and surgical variables were measured using statistical methods for quantitative and qualitative variables.

Results:

Surgical thyroid conditions were more frequent in females, between 50 and 59 years of age, with benign nodules prevailing. The most frequent clinical form of presentation was solid nodular, and malignant nodules appeared mainly in tumors smaller than 2 cm. The definitive diagnosis according to the results of the paraffin biopsy showed that the majority of the lesions were benign, with a predominance of nodular goiter and fine needle aspiration biopsy. The most frequent result was negative. The most widely used surgical technique was Total Thyroidectomy at one time. Most of the patients did not present complications.

Conclusions:

The treatment of surgical thyroid conditions shows satisfactory results, predominating the conditions in the female sex, of benign etiology.

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