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Table 4 Relationship between grade of goitre and complication rates of initial TT

From: Total thyroidectomy as primary surgical management for thyroid disease: surgical therapy experience from 5559 thyroidectomies in a less-developed region

 

Grade of goitre (n = 4632)

Complication

0 (n = 1302)

I (n = 2063)

II (n = 828)

III (n = 439)

RLN injury

    

 Temporary

2 (0.15 %)

6 (0.29 %)

3 (0.36 %)

18 (4.1 %)

 Permanent

4 (0.31 %)

7 (0.34 %)

3 (0.36 %)

1 (0.22 %)

 Total

6

9

10

19

Hypoparathyroidism

    

 Temporary

18 (1.38 %)

30 (1.45 %)

33 (4.00 %)

71 (16.17 %)

 Permanent

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.12 %)

0 (0)

 Total

18

30

34

71

  1. RLN recurrent laryngeal nerve, 0 goitre that cannot be touched or seen, I goitre that can be touched but cannot be seen, II goitre that can be both touched and seen but is not beyond the exterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, III goitre that can be both touched and seen but is beyond the exterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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