A UK-Wide Survey of Life-Threatening Thyroidectomy Complications
Joint Authors
Hassan-Smith, Z. K.
Mihaimeed, F.
Gopinath, P.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-02-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background and Aims.
Complications following thyroidectomy can prolong hospital stay and cause significant morbidity particularly for patients treated for benign thyroid conditions.
Our aim was to administer a UK-wide survey of thyroid surgery units on frequency and timing of the onset of life-threatening airway complications & correlate to factors that might be associated with them.
Methods.
A questionnaire including the number of and timing of the onset of life-threatening airway complications, number of thyroidectomy procedures performed per year, surgeon years of experience, the use of difficult airway management protocol, post-operative patient destination, and patient deaths, was sent to 80 UK surgical units.
Results.
23/41 hospitals responded reported no postthyroidectomy airway complications.
Life-threatening airways complications all occurred within the first 12 hours postoperatively, with 9 cases occurring in the recovery room and in less than 2 hours, 3 cases occurring 2–6 hours, and 3 cases occurring 6 to 12 hours after surgery.
Conclusion.
The results may support recent publications that advocate thyroidectomy as a less-than-24-hour surgery procedure in selected patients.
Further a larger study and standardised protocol are required to establish patients' selection criteria to determine who are likely to develop serious postoperative complication and may require HDU bed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hassan-Smith, Z. K.& Gopinath, P.& Mihaimeed, F.. 2011. A UK-Wide Survey of Life-Threatening Thyroidectomy Complications. Journal of Thyroid Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hassan-Smith, Z. K.…[et al.]. A UK-Wide Survey of Life-Threatening Thyroidectomy Complications. Journal of Thyroid Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Hassan-Smith, Z. K.& Gopinath, P.& Mihaimeed, F.. A UK-Wide Survey of Life-Threatening Thyroidectomy Complications. Journal of Thyroid Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-464051
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-464051