| dc.description.abstract | Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the types of thyroidectomy procedures and diagnosis, gender, age, clinical characteristics, and duration of stay in hospital in the patient population who underwent thyroidectomy in Turkey. In addition, it was aimed to determine the effect of demographic and clinical characteristics on the duration of hospital stay. Method: This research is a retrospective cross-sectional study. In the study, the demographic and clinical data of the patients who underwent thyroidectomy procedures during one year in Turkey were examined. Research data involves the data of the 25167 patients who underwent thyroidectomy procedures in the hospitals of the Ministry of Health in 2016. ICD-10-AM was used in grouping the diagnosis and procedures related to thyroidectomy cases. Descriptive statistics, Independent Samples T-test, Mann-Whitney U-Test, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used in the analysis of the data. Results: The most common surgical procedure performed in the patient group is total thyroidectomy. In the study group, the mean age was 49.62±12.917 years and the majority (81%) of patients were females. The average duration of hospital stay was 4.87±3.308 days. Conclusion: It was concluded that the duration of hospital stay was longer in patients who underwent a thyroidectomy procedure, in the male sex, those aged 50 years or over, those with a diagnosis of neoplasm, those with infection, hypertensive disease, and heart disease, those who underwent other surgical procedures in addition to thyroidectomy, and those who developed complications compared to other patient groups. | en_US |
