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Factors related to nerve injury and hypocalcemia in thyroid gland surgery.
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2001 January
To identify potential risk factors related to complications after thyroidectomy, a study was designed that included 675 patients. Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) paralysis, hypocalcemia, serohematoma, wound infection, and postoperative hemorrhage were evaluated. The rate of paralysis of the RLN was calculated on nerves at risk for hypocalcemia (n = 890) in patients undergoing bilateral procedures or unilateral procedures if they had previously undergone a contralateral operation (n = 321). Multivariate analysis was used to identify the relationships between the variables included in the study. All statistical tests received the same level of significance of 0.05. Permanent hypocalcemia occurred in 2.2% of the patients, whereas unilateral paralysis of the RLN developed in 0.9%. Mortality was 0.1% in this series. The RLN paralysis had a significant relationship with preoperative diagnosis of malignancy (P < 0.03). Likewise, hypocalcemia was related to sex and surgical procedure (P < 0.03). Serohematoma was linked with age (P < 0.001), and hemorrhage was associated with previous radiation of the neck (P < 0.03).
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