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Assessment of the Morbidity and Complications of Total Thyroidectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2002 · Vol. 128(4) · pp. 389–389

Neil Bhattacharyya✉(Brigham and Women's Hospital)Marvin P. Fried

Abstract

Postoperative hypocalcemia is the most common immediate surgical complication of total thyroidectomy. Other complications, including recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, can be expected at rates approximating 1%.

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicineSurgeryThyroidectomyIncidence (geometry)ComplicationVocal cord paralysisParalysisGoiterDissection (medical)Thyroid

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Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGoiterHumansHypocalcemiaLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsThyroid NeoplasmsThyroidectomyUnited StatesIncidence

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