Demographics, disparities, and outcomes in substernal goiters in the United States

American Journal of Surgery
Ambria S MotenAlliric I Willis

Abstract

Disparities distinguishing patients with substernal goiters from nonsubsternal goiters have not been thoroughly described. The National Inpatient Sample database was used to compare patients who underwent substernal thyroidectomy years 2000 to 2010 with those who underwent thyroidectomy for nonsubsternal goiter. A total of 110,889 patients underwent thyroidectomy for goiter (5,525 substernal and 105,364 nonsubsternal). Substernal thyroidectomy patients were older, more likely to be Black or Hispanic and to have Medicare insurance. They had a higher comorbidity index, were more likely to be admitted emergently and to have postoperative complications such as hemorrhage/hematoma, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, and hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism. Furthermore, substernal thyroidectomy patients had 73% increased odds of death during admission than nonsubsternal thyroidectomy patients. Substernal goiters present a distinct type of goiter with identifiable patient-level characteristics and an increased risk of postoperative complications and death. Earlier identification and treatment of goiters may allow earlier interventions at a stage when risks are reduced.

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