Authors : Arunkumar Tukaram, Prashanth N Hudge, Prashanth Kumar B, Vishwanath S Mogali
DOI : 10.18231/j.pjms.2023.075
Volume : 13
Issue : 2
Year : 2023
Page No : 391-395
Background: Patient related, surgeon related and thyroid gland related factors affect complication rate of surgery of thyroid gland. Hence, it is important to carry out more studies on surgical profile of patients undergoing surgery of thyroid gland and associated complications to help young surgeons understand the depth of the topic.
Objective: To study surgical profile of patients undergoing thyroid surgery and its complications
Materials and Methods: Retrospective observational analysis has been performed. Study population included all patients who had a thyroidectomy operation performed. Medical records of all patients who underwent thyroid surgery were retrospectively evaluated. A data forms were set up for the detailed collection of data on surgical techniques and their related complications. Data extraction was carried out from the patients’ medical records manually.
Results: Most commonly affected age group was 31-40 years. Females were commonly affected (93.7%). Right lobe was affected in almost half of cases. Majority i.e. 95.8% of lesions of the thyroid gland were benign in nature and only 4.2% were malignant. Most commonly performed surgical procedure was hemi-thyroidectomy in 54.1% of cases. Complication rate was only 15.6% and all complications were mild. There was no recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and No death was recorded. Most common complication was transient hypocalcemia and seroma in four cases each.
Conclusion: Middle aged and females are commonly affected with the thyroid disease requiring surgery. Right lobe of thyroid commonly affected. Complication rate is low and all complications were mild in nature. This suggests that now a day, the thyroid surgery is not associated with mortality and severe morbidity as was the case in previous days.
Keywords: Surgical profile, Complications, Thyroid, Surgery, Study