title: Complications of thyroidectomy for benign disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Goitre is a common ailment seen in mountainous regions, like the periphery of Abbottabad. Thyroidectomies are very common in our center.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was done to find out the complication rate of thyroidectomies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  189 cases were operated in Ayub Hospital Complex, Abbottabad during July 96 and Dec. 99. All patients were with benign disease and any case found to have malignancy were excluded from the study. The overall complication rate for all the categories was 15%. In total 5 patients died within one month of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sabir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iqbal
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*