Experiencia clínica en tiroidectomía total

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.