European journal of endocrinology
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Eur. J. Endocrinol. · Feb 2020
Multicenter StudyImpact of total thyroidectomy on quality of life at 6 months: the prospective ThyrQoL multicentre trial.
This study is to determine the impact of complications after total thyroidectomy on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and to identify significant predictive factors of HR-QoL changes. HR-QoL is usually impaired in patients with thyroid diseases compared to the general population. Thyroidectomy is largely performed in the case of benign thyroid benign and can be associated with long-term complications (vocal cord palsy, hypoparathyroidism). ⋯ We observed a significant improvement of HR-QoL 6 months after total thyroid surgery for benign thyroid disease.