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9028995

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
This article aims to define the incidence of complications in 867 thyroidectomies performed by residents with attending surgeons' supervision as part of a training programme, in a region of endemic goiter. Seven hundred and nine patients were female and 158 were male. The age of the patients ranged between 6 and 76 and mean age was 32.5. Cases were divided into two groups according to their disease nature. Group 1 included 805 patients with nodular colloidal goiter (NCG) and adenomas. The remaining 62 cases, 25 with recurrence of goiter (RG), 21 with thyroid malignancy (TM) and 16 with thyroiditis formed group 2. While the overall complication rate was 11.3% (93 cases) in group 1, it was 20.9% (13 cases) in group 2. The mortality rate was zero in both groups. The incidence of complications of 867 thyroidectomies performed by residents with the attending surgeons' supervision was within acceptable limits especially as far as group 1 was concerned. However we suggested that attending surgeons themselves, disregarding residents training, should perform the operation in special cases such as recurrent goiters, thyroid carcinomas with positive regional lymph nodes and thyroiditis with regional adhesions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-8868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
298-301
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Complications of 867 thyroidectomies performed in a region of endemic goiter in Turkey.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty, Trabzon, Turkey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article