TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation and treatment of complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery
AU - Netterville, J. L.
AU - Aly, A.
AU - Ossoff, R. H.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - The major complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery include hemorrhage, respiratory obstruction, hyperthyroid storm, hypoparathyroidism, and laryngeal nerve injury. In this article, the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of various complications are reviewed, with emphasis on hypoparathyroidism and vocal cord paralysis, either bilateral or unilateral. Thyroplastic phonosurgery and carbon dioxide laser arytenoidectomy, two recent surgical additions to the rehabilitation of vocal cord paralysis, are described in depth.
AB - The major complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery include hemorrhage, respiratory obstruction, hyperthyroid storm, hypoparathyroidism, and laryngeal nerve injury. In this article, the incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of various complications are reviewed, with emphasis on hypoparathyroidism and vocal cord paralysis, either bilateral or unilateral. Thyroplastic phonosurgery and carbon dioxide laser arytenoidectomy, two recent surgical additions to the rehabilitation of vocal cord paralysis, are described in depth.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2195435
AN - SCOPUS:0025366815
SN - 0030-6665
VL - 23
SP - 529
EP - 552
JO - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
JF - Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -