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Should the thyroid bed be drained after thyroidectomy?
Ozlem, Nuraydin; Ozdogan, Mehmet; Gurer, Ahmet; Gomceli, Ismail; Aydin, Raci.
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  • Ozlem N; Department of General Surgery, Ataturk Egitim ve Arastirma Hospital, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.
Langenbecks Arch Surg ; 391(3): 228-30, 2006 Jun.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16733762
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Although routine drainage of the thyroidectomy bed is not an evidenced-based practice, most surgeons still employ routine drainage with an effort to monitor postoperative bleeding. The aim of this study is present our experience on draining and not draining the thyroidectomy bed. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

Records of 1,066 patients who underwent thyroid surgery were evaluated retrospectively.

RESULTS:

The rates of the re-operations due to life-threatening postoperative hemorrhage and wound infections were higher in the drained group. The average postoperative hospital stay of the drained group was significantly longer than that of the non-drained group.

CONCLUSION:

Routine drainage of the thyroidectomy bed is not effective in decreasing the rate of postoperative complications after thyroid surgery, and it causes a prolonged hospital stay and surgical site infection.
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Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cuidados Posoperatorios / Complicaciones Posoperatorias / Tiroidectomía / Drenaje Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Langenbecks Arch Surg Año: 2006 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Turquía
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Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Cuidados Posoperatorios / Complicaciones Posoperatorias / Tiroidectomía / Drenaje Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Langenbecks Arch Surg Año: 2006 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Turquía