Early Complications of Thyroidectomy


Abstract in English

The Research has been made on (73) patients for whom a surgical operation was made on the thyroid in Al-Assad University Hospital in Lattakia in 2000-2007. The study was divided into: retrospective (32patients), prospective (41patients) and (11) patients of were subjected to second operation due to existence of a malignant cancer with a percentage of (16,66%) . The Total Thyroidectomy on both side was the most spread intervention with a percentage of (57,14%) and next to it was the thyroid lobectomy with a percentage of (28,79%). The percentage of Total Early complication is (11,9%) and the Tetania was the most repeated complication with a percentage of (3,57%) and next to it was the Recurrent laryngeal nerve ,the Superior laryngeal nerve and the bleeding with a percentage of (2,38%)for each . The higher percentage of complication has occurred in the starting operation of the Total Thyroidectomy and next to it the Thyroid lobectomy . The surgery of the Relapsed Thyroid is subject to more dangerous complications from the starting intervention .

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