background transient hypocalcemia is one of the postoperative complications of thyroidectomy for thyroid nodules, and intraoperative and postoperative intact parathyroid hormone (ipth) assays are used to predict postoperative hypocalcemia. objectives the current study was conducted to evaluate a single serum ipth measurement on postoperative day 1 (pod 1) as a means to predict hypocalcemia occu...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients who undergo total thyroidectomy will have postoperative hypocalcemia develop when they reach the critical 6-hour serum levels defined as parathyroid hormone (PTH) > or =28 ng/L and simultaneous corrected calcium > or =2.14 mmol/L. METHODS This was a prospective study involving 70 consecutive total thyroidectomy patients. T...

INTRODUCTION Seroma is defined as collection of fluid within the surgical site during postoperative period that causes several complications. Recognition of predisposing risk factors can lead to avoid seroma formation after thyroidectomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out during a 3-year period and 678 patients were enrolled the study. We recorded demographic data,...

OBJECTIVE To examine the indications for operation and the frequency, efficacy, and outcome of surgical therapy for thyrotoxicosis. METHODS The medical records of all patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 1990 and 1998 were reviewed. Operative indications, laboratory evaluations, extent of thyroidectomy, pathologic findings, and morbidity and mortality were determined for patients with...

Background: The optimal extent of surgery for differentiated thyroid cancers (DTC) is controversial. The aim of this study is to assess the frequency and potential predictive factors of residual malignancy in the lobe contralateral to the main tumor. The secondary aim was to assess the safety of completion thyroidectomy. Methods: All total thyroidectomies performed at our institution between 20...

BACKGROUND Management decisions are not straightforward when the Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (USFNA) demonstrates a Bethesda score of either category III or IV, and a diagnostic hemi-thyroidectomy or a repeat USFNA (r-USFNA) could be performed. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of r-USFNA in the management of indeterminate thyroid nodules by evaluating the likeli...

BACKGROUND Thyroidectomy is one of the common neck surgeries. Well recognized complications include postoperative bleeding, hypocalcaemia and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Chyle leak post-thyroidectomy is extremely rare. Most of the reported cases have had a complete central compartment neck dissection. METHODS AND RESULTS This is a case report of a patient who suffered from chyle leak af...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of BRAF mutation testing on thyroid nodules "suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma" (PTC) cytology. METHODS A chart review of patients with fine-needle aspiration (FNA) results "suspicious for PTC" with subsequent thyroidectomy was performed. Corresponding archived FNA slides underwent BRAF mutation testing. RE...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the complication rates between completion thyroidectomy and primary total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). METHODS PubMed, the Web of Knowledge, and the China Journal Net were searched for studies concerning the treatment of DTC published in 1990-2014. A meta-analysis was performed to compare the effects of different treatm...

UNLABELLED Three-dimensional (3D) minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) was carried out with a 4-mm, 3D 0-degree stereoscopic endoscope. The procedure was applied on 3 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy and data were prospectively collected. Operative time for total thyroidectomy ranged from 72 to 90 minutes. Neither intra-nor post-operative complications were reported...