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Clinicopathological features and complications of thyroid operations – A single centre experience
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Published: | April 15, 2013 |
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Introduction: Thyroid surgery evolution is important with a lots of hurdles faced by many surgeons to reach the present stage. The complications from the olden days reduced with improvement in understanding the disease process, development of antibiotics, anaesthesia and now restricted mainly to hypoparathyroidism and recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries.
Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of thyroid surgeries performed at – centre from – to –. Clincopathological features and complications were analyzed.
Results: Among 203 patients who underwent surgery for thyroid operations, 53 were malignant and 150 were benign cases. Hemithyroidectomy was the most common procedure performed (118 cases). Papillary thyroid cancer was the most common malignant lesion and colloid goiter the most common benign lesion. Postoperative complications occurred in 12 patients, infection in 2 patients, bleeding requiring reexploration in 1 patient, hypocalcemia in 6 (5 transient and 1 permanent) and hoarseness of voice in 3 patients( 2 temporary and 1 permanent).
Conclusions: FNAC is an easy, cost effective, reliable investigation in experienced hands. Reoperation, primary stage of the tumor and central node dissection are associated with increased complication rates.
Unterstützt durch: B P Koirala institute Of Health Sciences
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