Open AccessRisk Factors for Neck Hematoma after Thyroid or Parathyroid Surgery: Ten-Year Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database
Author(s) -
Ahmed Dehal,
Ali Abbas,
Farabi Hussain,
Samir Johna
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/14-085
Subject(s) - medicine , hematoma , thyroidectomy , odds ratio , thyroid , postoperative hematoma , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , thyroid disease , surgery , comorbidity , database , computer science
Postoperative neck hematoma is a well-known complication of thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Better understanding of risk factors for hematoma formation will help define high-risk populations.
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