Risk Factors Associated With Reoperative Surgery for Thyroid Malignancies: A Retrospective Cohort Study

To examine various factors associated with an increased risk of reoperation for persistent or recurrent malignant thyroid cancers.Retrospective cohort study.Tertiary academic hospital centers.Patients undergoing surgery for thyroid cancer at 2 tertiary academic institutions from 2006 to 2020 were included. Those who underwent a reoperative procedure were compared with patients only requiring 1 procedure. The Pearson chi-square and independentThis study included 2266 patients with surgically managed thyroid malignancy, of which 54 (2.4%) necessitated reoperations. Those requiring a second surgical procedure were more likely to be male (40.7% vs 20.9%,This study identified patient- and cancer-related characteristics associated with an increased risk of requiring reoperation for thyroid malignancies.