Purpose: to evaluate the postoperative complications and related factors Materials and Methods: the study was performed prospectively on 31 patients of nontoxic nodular goiters (24 uninodular, 7 multinodular), who have been total thyroid lobectomy or subtotal thyroidectomy at the General Surgery Department - Nguyen Dinh Chieu hospital - Ben Tre province from August, 2005 to June, 2006.