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Presentation of an ENT department experience in thyroidectomy
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Veröffentlicht: | 15. April 2013 |
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Introduction: Thyroidectomy is a procedure that can be performed either by surgeons or otorhinolaryngologists – head and neck surgeons. Thus, there is an interaction and a potential conflict between the two surgical training programs. The aim of this study is to present the experience in thyroidectomy.
Methods: In the last 20 years, 2.089 patients had been undergone total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia
Results: There were 1.449 (69.3%) women and 640 (30.7%) men respectively. 673 (32.2%) of them had a pathological examination positive for thyroid cancer. 18 (0.86%) of them had permanent unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palsy, while 42 (2%) experienced transient unilateral RLN palsy. Some of the patients developed postoperative hypocalciemia but it was transient. Finally, 2 patients developed severe postoperative hematoma and needed it to be reoperated.
Conclusions: Thyroidectomy is in nowadays a common surgical procedure. The undesirable results may vary significantly regarding disease persistence or recurrence and postoperative complications. There are numerous permanent complications, that can judge those who operate the thyroid disease.
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