%0 Journal Article
%T Experiencia cl¨ªnica en tiroidectom¨ªa total
%A Ortega R
%A Pablo
%A Urra B
%A Alexis
%A Compan J
%A ¨¢lvaro
%J Revista de otorrinolaringolog¨ªa y cirug¨ªa de cabeza y cuello
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-48162011000100008
%X introduction: total thyroidectomy is one of the most frequent surgeries in head and neck. experience in ent services is scarce in chile. aim: to analyze clinical experience in total thyroidectomy in the ent service of guillermo grant benavente hospital. material and method: prospective descriptive study. evaluation of clinical aspects, surgical technique and percentage of complications of patients submitted to total thyroidectomy during the year 2009. results: there were done 34 total thyroidectomies. the most frequent indication was multinodular goiter. the most frequent diagnoses were follicular hyperplasia (44%%) and papillary carcinoma (32%%). transitory injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve was present in 8,80%. permanent injuries did not happen. transitory hypocalcemia was present in 29%% and permanent in only one patient (2,9%%). conclusions: our experience presents results in relation to indications, diagnosis and complications, in accordance with the standards of the world literature.
%K hyroidectomy
%K total
%K complications.
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