Bottom line: Patients waiting for thyroid surgery have mild to moderate psychological morbidity and long wait times for surgery, but these appear to be unrelated. The anxiety decreases after surgery.
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February 2013Reference: Eskander A, Devins GM, Freeman J, et al. Waiting for thyroid surgery: a study of psychological morbidity and determinants of health associated with long wait times for thyroid surgery. Laryngoscope. 2013;123:541-547.
—Reviewed by Sue Pondrom