This case series presents two females, 53 and 33 years old, with thyroidectomy wounds that failed to heal, 16 and 18 weeks, respectively, following the operation. The wounds were explored with removal of gauze and catgut suture. The patients made remarkable improvement and the wounds healed satisfactorily within seven days. Surgical materials forgotten intraoperatively, wrong use of and / or in...

Background: Over the last years many surgeons have begun to use energy based devices perform thyroid surgery, several literatures demonstrated benefits of these over traditional techniques, they can provide a combined dissection and hemostatic effect particularly advantageous in reduction incision length, operative time, blood loss complications. Aim study: Compare bipolar cautery suture ligati...

The concentration of precipitable 2 iodine in serum is a sensitive index of concentration of circulating thyroid hormone (1 to 7). The level of precipitable iodine is characteristically elevated in untreated hyperthyroidism (1 to 3, 6) and tends to fall after iodine medication and after thyroidectomy (3). In the present study the changes following treatment were analyzed with special reference ...

Background In Western society, the percentage of elderly people is continually growing. The prevalence of goiter increases with the age and it is estimated that 90% of women over 60 years old and 60% of men over 80 years old have a relief of thyroid nodules. This has great importance for these patients, because the incidence of malignant transformation is higher than younger ones and these are ...

We evaluated the invasiveness of breast approach endoscopic thyroidectomy (BAET) carried out by surgeon very experienced in this procedure. Twenty-four patients who underwent BAET and 19 patients who underwent conventional thyroidectomy were the study population. Postoperative pain was assessed by a visual analog scale (VAS). The values 2, 12, and 24  h after surgery were significantly lower in...

Thyroid storm or thyroid crisis is an acute, life-threatening exacerbation and sudden releasing large amounts of thyroid hormone in a short period of time. Only 1%–2% of people with hyperthyroidism will develop thyroid storm[1]. Thyroidectomy was formerly the most common cause of thyroid crisis. Nowadays post thyroidectomy crisis is an uncommon incidence, because of preoperative testing and ear...

Introduction: Parathyroid dysfunction leading to symptomatic hypocalcemia is not uncommon following a total thyroidectomy and is often associated with significant patient morbidity and a prolonged hospital stay. The current study aimed at evaluating the comparative predictive role of serum calcium and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) for post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.   Materials and Methods...

Review of 123 patients whose thyroidectomy for thyrotoxicosis had been performed more than five years previously showed that there were no deaths attributable to surgery, while one hundred patients (81.3%) had been rendered euthyroid. Varying degrees of hyperthyroidism had occurred in 15 (12.2%), and six of these were first diagnosed at follow-up. Hypothyroidism was present in eight (6.5%). Lon...

Background and Objective: Pain is one of the most common complications after thyroidectomy. Opioid administration can overcome this complication, however, it has some side effects, including nausea and vomiting. So, the use of local anesthetic instead of opioids is a good alternative. This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the effect of ultrasound-guided superficial cervical plexus bl...