Table 1 Patient demographics

Sex:

 Male

10

 Female

49

Age:

48.6 years (19–73)

Surgery:

 Partial Thyroidectomy

24

 Total thyroidectomy

35

Pathology:

 Benign

33

  -Multinodular Goitre

16

  -Hyperplastic nodule

8

  -Follicular/hurthle cell adenoma

7

  -Graves disease

2

 Malignant (WDTC)

26

Indications for surgery:

 Compressive symptoms

6

 Multinodular goiter

7

 Atypical cells

21

 Follicular/Hurthle cell lesion

4

 Nodule growth

8

 Graves disease

3

 Suspected WDTC

4

 Known WDTC

7