title: Risk factors for incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy.
abstract: Incidental parathyroidectomy is a common event in thyroid surgery. The literature shows a finding of parathyroid glands ranging from 6.4% to 31% in pathological specimens of the thyroid gland.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To collect the amount of parathyroid glands found in surgical specimens of thyroidectomy and correlate with the histopathological and demographic variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study based on pathological reports of thyroidectomy from January 2007 to December 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  442 patients were submitted to total thyroidectomy, and 2.93% had parathyroid glands, which corresponded to 13 of this total. The presence of papillary thyroid carcinoma associated with incidental parathyroidectomy was 10.11%, compared to the benign lesion: 1.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Papillary thyroid carcinoma was the variable associated with increased number of incidental parathyroidectomy.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of the Metropolitan University of Santos-UNIMES, Santos/SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Niklas Söderberg
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Lívia Petrone
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Ricardo Tirapelli
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Tanios
authors.forename: Bruna Craveiro de
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: André Vicente
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Rogério Aparecido
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dedivitis
authors.forename: Luiz Francisco
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Marcopito
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*