Postoperative complications of thyroid surgery / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship of postoperative complications of thyroid surgery with primary thyroid disease, operation procedures and operative manipulation. Methods The clinical data of 1805 cases of thyroid diseases treated by surgery in our department between 1990～2001 were analyzed retrospectively . Results There were 67 complications occurred in 1805 cases (3.7%). The postoperative complications rate in Hashimoto′s disease and thyroid carcinoma were 6 (16.2%) and 27 (12.2%) respectively ,which were obviously higher than that in other primary thyroid disease( P