Table 1 Type of studies on thyroidectomy in elderly patients
From: Thyroid surgery in geriatric patients: a literature review
Study | Type of study | Age cut-off | Number of elderly patient | Median age | Post operative malignancy | Total/subtotal thyroidectomy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Passler[1] | Case-control retrospective | 75 | 55/738 | 79.9 | 36.4% (vs 26.2%) [p NS] | 90.9% |
Rios[3] | Case-control retrospective | 65 | 81/510 | 72 | Not reported | 79% |
Mekel[4] | Case-control retrospective | 80 | 90/242 | 83.2 | 20% (vs 27%) [p NS] | 60% |
Seybt[5] | Prospective non randomized | 65 | 44/86 | 71.3 | 27.3% (vs 18.6%) | 100% |
Raffaelli[10] | Retrospective | 70 | 320 | 73.3 | 26.6% | 88.4% |