<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Introduction:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verd...<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Introduction:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Goitre is an increase in the volume of the thyroid gland. Goiters may be congenital or acquired, diffuse or nodular, functional or non-functional, benign or malignant. <b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Purpose:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></b> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">The objectives of this work were to study and determine the frequency of benign goitre in the general surgery department of CHU Gabriel Touré, and to study epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects. </span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients and Method:</span></b><span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was a retrospective and prospective study conducted in the general surgery department of CHU Gabriel Touré, from January 1999 to December 2019. Included in the study were all patients with benign goiter confirmed in histology, hospitalized and treated in the service. Patients with thyroid malignant tumours, strumite, thyroid tract cyst, cervical abscess and neck trauma were not retained. Socio-demographic, clinical, para-clinical, therapeutic and post-operative aspects were the study parameters. Word processing and tables were done with Microsoft Word and Excel 2016 software. Data analysis was performed with Epi info7 software, the statistical test used was the Khi2 test and a value of P</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.05 was considered statistically significant. </span><b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 253 patient files were collected. Thyroidectomy represented 5.02% (253/5036) of surgical procedures. The average age was 42.5 years with 展开更多
文摘<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Introduction:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Goitre is an increase in the volume of the thyroid gland. Goiters may be congenital or acquired, diffuse or nodular, functional or non-functional, benign or malignant. <b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Purpose:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></b> <span style="font-family:Verdana;">The objectives of this work were to study and determine the frequency of benign goitre in the general surgery department of CHU Gabriel Touré, and to study epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects. </span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients and Method:</span></b><span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was a retrospective and prospective study conducted in the general surgery department of CHU Gabriel Touré, from January 1999 to December 2019. Included in the study were all patients with benign goiter confirmed in histology, hospitalized and treated in the service. Patients with thyroid malignant tumours, strumite, thyroid tract cyst, cervical abscess and neck trauma were not retained. Socio-demographic, clinical, para-clinical, therapeutic and post-operative aspects were the study parameters. Word processing and tables were done with Microsoft Word and Excel 2016 software. Data analysis was performed with Epi info7 software, the statistical test used was the Khi2 test and a value of P</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.05 was considered statistically significant. </span><b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 253 patient files were collected. Thyroidectomy represented 5.02% (253/5036) of surgical procedures. The average age was 42.5 years with
