Stavros N. Karamanakos, Kostas B. Markou, Konstantinos Panagopoulos, Dionisios Karavias, Constantinos E. Vagianos, Chrisoula D. Scopa, Vassiliki Fotopoulou, Anna Liava, Konstantinos Vagenas
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate of complications and the risk factors in relation to the extent of surgery in patients undergoing thyroidectomy in a tertiary university center. DESIGN: Data were collected retrospectively from 2,043 consecutive patients who underwent thyroid surgery for various thyroid diseases at the University Hospital of Patras …