title: Complications of surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.
abstract: Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands can be performed safely in the majority of patients. The greatest risk for postoperative morbidity arises from injury to the laryngeal nerves or the parathyroid glands. A sound knowledge of regional anatomy combined with an unhurried, meticulous operative technique are essential if injury to these structures is to be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kahky
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000601:surgery; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000601:surgery; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism; D007037:Hypothyroidism; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D061224:Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery*