May predictors of difficulty in thyroid surgery increase the incidence of complications? Prospective study with the proposal of a preoperative score

May predictors of difficulty in thyroid surgery increase the incidence of complications? Prospective study with the proposal of a preoperative score

Abstract Background Although thyroidectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide, some permanent complications, despite the considerably reducing incidence, may affect dramatically the patients quality of life. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether factors iden...

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Main Authors: Valerio D’Orazi, Andrea Sacconi, Silvia Trombetta, Menelaos Karpathiotakis, Daniele Pichelli, Enrico Di Lorenzo, Alice Ortensi, Paolo Urciuoli, Marco Biffoni, Andrea Ortensi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Thyroid surgery
Difficult thyroidectomy
Predictive factors
Preoperative difficulty score
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-018-0447-7

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