A study of the prevalence of early and late post-operative complications of thyroid surgeries at rural hospital
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction: Surgery to remove the thyroid gland is well tolerated and has low complication rates, when performed by an experienced thyroid surgeon. In general, thyroid surgery is very safe and has a low risk of major complications but if complications occurs they are much serious. Aims and Objectives: To Study the Prevalence of Early and Late Post-Operative Complications of Thyroid Surgeries at rural hospital. Methodology: This was a Prospective study carried out in General Surgery department of at rural hospital attached to tertiary health care center during the one year period from November 2014-November 2o15. During the one year period total 65 patients were posted for various surgeries for thyroid nodule, goiter or malignancy were total thyroidectomy, total thyroidectomy with parathyroid auto-transplantation, subtotal thyroidectomy, hemi thyroidectomy and Dunhill procedure. Result: Majority of the of the patients were in the age group of 40-50-40.00%;>50-24.61%;30-40-15.38%;20-30-10.76%;10-20-7.69%;1-10-1.53%. Majority of the patients were Female i.e. 69.09% followed by Male - 30.91%. The majority of the patients in Early Post-Operative Complications were having Transient hypocalcaemia -32.30% followed by Voice Changes -18.46%; Bleeding -15.38%; Infection-13.84%; Seroma-7.69%; Stridor -3.07%. Majority of the Patients in Late Post-Operative Complications were having Hypothyroidism-18.46%; Transient RLN Palsy-13.84%; Airway Obstruction-10.76% Conclusion: The most common Early Post-Operative Complications observed were Transient hypocalcaemia followed by Voice Changes, Bleeding, Infection, Stridor and most common late Post-Operative Complications were Hypothyroidism, Transient RLN Palsy; Airway Obstruction.
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Naresh Rathod, Kalyan Reddy
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