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BackgroundA small subset of patients may develop late‐onset palsy of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) after thyroid surgery. However, no conclusive data have been published regarding the incidence of, and possible risk factors for, this complication.
MethodsPreoperative, intraoperative and postoperative data from consecutive patients who underwent thyroid surgery at a single centre between 1999...
Background:Postoperative bleeding after thyroid surgery is a feared and life‐threatening complication. The aim of the study was to identify risk factors for postoperative bleeding, with special emphasis on the impact of the individual surgeon and the time to diagnosis of the complication.
Methods:Data on consecutive thyroid operations were collected prospectively in a database over 30 years and analysed...