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149 consecutive thyroid operations--indications, technique and outcome
M C Barry1, J Connolly, F Lennon
1Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
Irish Medical Journal
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
One hundred and forty nine patients underwent thyroid and parathyroid surgery over a nine year period. The most common indications for surgery were the presence of a solitary thyroid nodule (56%) or the onset of pressure symptoms (30%). Carcinoma was found in 7.4% of cases. Wound complications occurred in 5%. The permanent nerve injury rate was 0.67%. The incidence of permanent hypothyroidism after surgery was 4%. No patients developed permanent hypoparathyroidism.