Complications After Thyroid Surgeries: 10 Years' Experience

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Thyroid Calcium Metabolism Disorders Endocrine System Diseases Hemorrhage Hypocalcemia Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Respiratory Sounds Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory Thyroid Diseases Water-Electrolyte Imbalance

Age range

16 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University Hospitals

Qina, Egypt

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All patients had thyroid disease and performed thyroidectomy in the last 10 years in our hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Uncompleted files.

Treatment and study plan

Thyroidectomy

Procedure

Thyroidectomy

Primary outcomes

Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury

Time frame: 1 week

Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury
Bleeding

Time frame: 2 days

intraoperative or post operative bleeding.
Hypocalcemia

Time frame: 6 months

Clinically significant low serum calcium level/

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

South Valley University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Jan 26, 2023
Registry last updated: Oct 24, 2023

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