Objectives: To survey indication and surgical results of nontoxic goitre in elderly patients. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 183 elderly patients among 627 cases with nontoxic goitre, who were undergone subtotal thyroidectomy in Hospital 103, from 10/2004 to 10/2009. Results and conclusions: Surgical indications: Cervical compress (63.9%) is the most common reasons.