title: [Perioperative complications in thyroid gland surgery].
abstract: The perioperative complication rate of 548 thyroidectomies in 536 patients was evaluated in a retrospective study. Local problems were present in 14% of the patients. Most frequent were paralysis of the recurrent nerve (5.0%) and hematoma or hemorrhage (4.3%). Systemic complications were seen in 2% of the patients, usually cardiopulmonary decompensation requiring intensive care treatment. The operative and hospitalisation mortality was 0%. Statistical evaluation revealed that patients older than 50 years and patients undergoing rethyroidectomy were at higher risk for local complications. Our results show, however, that thyroidectomy is a low risk operation at a teaching institution.
authors.affiliation: Department Chirurgie, Universitätsspital, Zürich.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frick
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Largiadèr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
vernacular_title: Perioperative Komplikationen von Schilddrüseneingriffen.