In the present study, the prevalence of recurrent goiter and need for future revision thyroidectomy during 10-year follow-up were significantly reduced after TT as compared to DO and BST (Table 2). Prevalence of goiter recurrence tended to increase with time of follow-up (Fig. 2), and goiter recurrence noted at 5 years (8.2%) was almost doubled at 10 years (15.5%) following the initial surgery being more limited than TT (p = 0.002) . In addition, the need for revision thyroidectomy for goiter recurrence in procedures more limited than TT was more than sixfold higher during 10-year follow-up (5.4%) as compared to values noted during 5-year follow-up (0.8%), whereas it remained almost abolished following TT (0.6%) during the entire study period (p < 0.001) .