[Surgery of the thyroid in short-stay hospitalization]

New trends and improvements in health care system allow to choose short hospital stay even on major surgical operations. Authors report their experience on 200 moderate or good operative risk patients who underwent operation for thyroid disease from 1993 to 1998. Short hospital stay program was achieved after 48-72 hours under observation in 193 patients (96%) who underwent subtotal, total and total with lymphadenectomy, thyroidectomy. All the patients, informed on detail were kept under close phone contact after discharge to be able to take part if need be.