Complications After Thyroid Surgeries: 10 Years' Experience
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Thyroid
- Sponsor
- South Valley University
- Enrollment
- 241
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Bleeding
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Thyroidectomy is one of the commonest elective surgeries in surgical practice nowadays. It is associated with wide range of complications, from unnoticed events up to lifelong problems and even life-threatening complications. The most troublesome are bleeding, nerve injury and hypocalcemia. The current study was conducted to report the incidence and predictive factors for perioperative complications, aiming to point out preventive measures.
Detailed Description
All files of all patients that had thyroidectomy in the hospital in the last 10 yeas will be reviewed. All demographic and peri-operative data will be collected, tabulated and analyzed. Incidence and pre-operative predictive factors of every single complication will pointed out and discussed.
Investigators
Abdallah Mohamed Taha Aly
Assistant Professor
South Valley University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients had thyroid disease and performed thyroidectomy in the last 10 years in our hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Uncompleted files.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Bleeding
Time Frame: 2 days
intraoperative or post operative bleeding.
Hypocalcemia
Time Frame: 6 months
Clinically significant low serum calcium level/
Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury
Time Frame: 1 week
Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury