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Late postoperative complications

Authoring team

  • hypoparathyroidism occurs in about 1% of patients
  • unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage - note that bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage presents as laryngeal obstruction. Unilateral damage presents with a hoarse voice.
  • superior laryngeal nerve damage - presents as change in voice quality

Reference

  1. Viola KV, Sosa JA. In: Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Randolph GW , editor. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc; 2020. Outcomes Analysis in Thyroid Surgery: A Review of Patient and Provider Predictors; pp. 225–234.

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