Open AccessEffect of Dissection of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves on Parathyroid Insufficiency during Total Thyroidectomy for Multinodular Goitre
Author(s) -
Vengayil Sukumaran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16892.7196
Subject(s) - hypocalcaemia , medicine , thyroidectomy , surgery , multinodular goitre , dissection (medical) , incidence (geometry) , inferior thyroid artery , thyroid , recurrent laryngeal nerve , calcium , optics , physics
Total thyroidectomy is the accepted standard treatment for benign goitrous enlargements. The surgical skill and technique is one of the most important factor which affect the outcome in thyroid surgery. Hypocalcaemia due to parathyroid insufficiency remains a significant postoperative morbidity after total thyroidectomy. The primary cause is unintentional damage to, or devascularization of, one or more parathyroid glands during surgery.