Graves' disease patients likely to encounter hematoma and hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy
Recent research has revealed that patients with Graves' disease undergoing thyroidectomy are more likely to suffer from postoperative hematoma and hypocalcemia compared to patients undergoing surgery for other indications.
The study is published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology.
Sadaf Mohtashami and colleagues from the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada carried out the present study to examine the association of Graves' disease with the development of postoperative neck hematoma.
A cohort of patients participating in the Thyroid Procedure-Targeted Database of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was formulated. 17 906 patients who underwent thyroidectomy were included.
Propensity score matching was performed to adjust for differences in baseline covariates. Multivariate logistic regression was used to ascertain the association between thyroidectomy for Graves' disease and risk of postoperative adverse events within 30 days of surgery. The primary outcome was postoperative hematoma. Secondary outcomes were postoperative hypocalcemia and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.
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