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Methods: Magnetic resonance images of the neck and respiratory flow-volume curves, including both inspiration and expiration, were performed prior to and 6 months following surgery. HRQoL was measured by selected scales from the thyroid-specific patient-reported outcome (ThyPRO). Cohen\u2019s effect size (ES) was calculated as mean change divided by standard deviation at baseline. ES of 0.2\u20130.5 were defined as small, 0.5\u20130.8 as moderate, and values &amp;gt;0.8 as large. Results: Sixty-five patients completed all examinations. Median goiter volume was 58 mL (range, 14\u2013642 mL) before surgery with surgical removal of a median of 43 g (range, 8\u2013607 g). Six months after surgery, tracheal narrowing and deviation were diminished by a median of 26% (ES = 0.67, p &amp;lt; 0.001) and 33% (ES = 0.61, p &amp;lt; 0.001), respectively. Correspondingly, each 10% decrease in goiter volume resulted in 1.0% less tracheal narrowing (p &amp;lt; 0.001). Concomitantly, a small improvement was seen in forced inspiratory flow at 50% of forced vital capacity (ES = 0.32, p &amp;lt; 0.001). A reduction in tracheal narrowing was associated with improvements in the Impaired Daily Life scale (0.33 points per 1% decrease in tracheal narrowing, p = 0.03) of the ThyPRO questionnaire. Conclusions: In patients with symptomatic benign nodular goiter, thyroidectomy resulted in substantial improvements in tracheal anatomy and improvements in inspiratory flow, which were followed by gains in HRQoL. 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