[Malignant goiter. Diagnostic problems and surgical procedure]

By our own total of 6973 benignant and 188 malignant goitres all problems are discussed concerning finding of the diagnosis preoperatively, during operation and post-operatively and also tactical procedure. Since 1974 the rate of extirpations of the malignant goitres was 87.8% while in 8.7% the only possibility was the reduction of tumor mass, palliatively.