[Peculiar features of diagnosing and treatment of nodular thyroid pathology in women of childbearing age].

The authors made an analysis of results of preoperative morphological diagnosis and treatment of 239 women. It was shown that a two-needle morphological exploration allowed avoidance of non-diagnostic cytological smears and had a diagnostic advantage over traditional fine-needle aspiration biopsy. The functional activity of the thyroid gland after operation depends on the volume of the organ tissue left. The occurrence of postoperative hypothyroidism adversely affects the genital function.