Thyroid
Conditions
Keywords
Thyroidectomy, Hypocalcemia, Stridor, Bleeding, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Brief summary
Thyroidectomy is one of the commonest elective surgeries in surgical practice nowadays. It is associated with wide range of complications, from unnoticed events up to lifelong problems and even life-threatening complications. The most troublesome are bleeding, nerve injury and hypocalcemia. The current study was conducted to report the incidence and predictive factors for perioperative complications, aiming to point out preventive measures.
Detailed description
All files of all patients that had thyroidectomy in the hospital in the last 10 yeas will be reviewed. All demographic and peri-operative data will be collected, tabulated and analyzed. Incidence and pre-operative predictive factors of every single complication will pointed out and discussed.
Interventions
PROCEDUREThyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
Sponsors
South Valley University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All patients had thyroid disease and performed thyroidectomy in the last 10 years in our hospital.
Exclusion criteria
* Uncompleted files.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury | 1 week | Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury |
| Bleeding | 2 days | intraoperative or post operative bleeding. |
| Hypocalcemia | 6 months | Clinically significant low serum calcium level/ |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed