[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases of the thyroid]

The authors discuss the results of post-surgical examination of 451 patients with various diseases of the thyroid gland (toxic and euthyroid goiter, chronic thyroiditis). Besides other instrumental methods, thermography was conducted for establishing the diagnosis; it helps to determine the functional state of the thyroid gland. Females accounted for 88.4% of all patients who underwent operation. Most operations were performed for III degree goiter in patients whose ages ranged from 30 to 50. Surgery was conducted mostly on individuals with nodular forms (85.1%) and euthyroid goiter (73.6%); postoperative complications amounted to 1.7%.