Nodular Goiter

Abstract

Roughly 100 000 patients undergo thyroid surgery in Germany every year. Total thyroidectomy is often performed for benign nodular goiter to prevent recurrence. In this issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International. N. Rayes and coauthors summarize the available data on surgery for bilateral benign nodular goiter and conclude that alternative treatments such as the Dunhill procedure still have a role to play alongside total thyroidectomy, as they are sufficiently radical but have markedly fewer complications (1).