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Complications of Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
- Source :
- World Journal of Surgery. 26:1013-1016
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2002.
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Abstract
- Prophylactic and therapeutic neck dissections are used to control or eliminate local nodal disease in patients with thyroid cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results and complications of neck dissection. From 1992 to 1999 a series of 115 consecutive neck dissections were performed in 74 patients (32 men, 42 women; mean age 48 years) with thyroid cancer and nodal metastases. Operations included central compartment, lateral modified, and suprahyoid dissection with and without total or completion thyroidectomy. Sixty-four percent of the patients had papillary, 4% follicular, and 32% medullary thyroid cancer. Complications included transient hypocalcemia (23%) defined by a postoperative serum calcium level of
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Hypoparathyroidism
medicine.medical_treatment
Postoperative Complications
medicine
Humans
Thyroid Neoplasms
Thyroid cancer
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Completion thyroidectomy
Hypocalcemia
business.industry
Thyroidectomy
Medullary thyroid cancer
Neck dissection
Length of Stay
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Dissection
Lymphatic Metastasis
Neck Dissection
Female
business
Abdominal surgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14322323 and 03642313
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3a4ec44122009fe106d888e20430b300