Abstract
During the period from 1975 to 1991, 71 cases with thyroid papillary or follicure carcinoma were treated in our clinic. In these cases, 16 cases (22.5 %) of the 71 had postoperative recurrence. In 15 cases of the 16, the sites of recurrence were neck lymph node, distant metastasis in 7 cases and primary in one case. All the recurred cases were papillary carcinomas in histopathological findings. The risk factores on recurrence were aged person, male, existene of neck lymph node and expanded primary tumor.
