Characterization of Patients with Thyroid Cancer Operated on in "Freyre de Andrade" General Clinical Surgical Hospital

Introduction: Thyroid cancer is the most common malignant tumor originating in endocrine organs (more than 92 %) and comprises a group of clinically, epidemiologically and prognostically different tumors. Objective: To characterize patients with thyroid cancer operated on at Freyre de Andrade General Clinical Surgical Hospital. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective and longitudinal study was carried out at Freyre de Andrade General Clinical Surgical Hospital in the period 2014-2019. The universe consisted of 32 patients operated on for thyroid cancer. Sociodemographic variables, Bethesda classification, histological diagnosis, used surgical technique and complications were analyzed. Results: Thyroid cancer predominated in women (87.5 %) between 51 and 60 years of age (25.0 %). According to the Bethesda classification, category VI prevailed (15.62 %). Papillary carcinoma predominated (65.62 %). All patients underwent total thyroidectomy, while the complications were postoperative hematoma (6.25 %) and granuloma (6.25 %). Conclusions: Thyroid cancer predominates in women between the fifth and sixth decades of life. The used surgical technique is total thyroidectomy, reporting low morbidity. The histological variant of papillary carcinoma predominates. (author)