Inadvertent Parathyroidectomy during Thyroid Surgery for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Postoperative Hypocalcemia / 대한갑상선학회지
Journal of Korean Thyroid Association
;
: 65-72, 2012.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this article is to report our experience of inadvertent parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery and to analyze its associated factors and clinical implications. In addition, we attempted to determined causative factors that result in permanent hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We performed a retrospective review of 500 patients who underwent thyroid surgery for the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma from 2004 to 2008.RESULTS:
Inadvertent parathyroidectomy was identified in 7.4% of patients and only 1 parathyroid gland was inadvertently removed in most cases. The incidence of inadvertent parathyroidectomy was not associated with gender, age, type of surgical procedure, tumor size, coexisting Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), extra-thyroidal extension (ETE), lymph node (LN) metastasis, and surgeon's experience. Nor was inadvertent parathyroidectomy associated with permanent postoperative hypocalcemia. Although operating time >120 min, ETE, and total thyroidectomy (TT) with central neck dissection (CND) were found to be related to permanent hypocalcemia on univariate analysis, tumor size > or =1 cm and surgeon's experience or =1 cm and short surgical experience of surgeons, especially in the case of TT with CND. Therefore, we suggest that more accurate risk stratification should be made for routine CND, when it is performed by young surgeons.
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Main subject:
Parathyroid Glands
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Neck Dissection
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Thyroid Gland
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Thyroidectomy
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Thyroiditis
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Thyroid Neoplasms
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Carcinoma
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Incidence
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Retrospective Studies
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Parathyroidectomy
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Thyroid Association
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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