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Table 2 Early and permanent complications

From: Thyroid surgery in geriatric patients: a literature review

Study

ASA score >III

Early postoperative complications

Permanent complications

   

Hypoparathyroidism

Paralysis of RLN

Passler[1]

Not reported

25.5%

(21.8%) [p NS]

2.3%

(vs 2.0%)

1.05%

(vs 0.26%)

Rios[3]

18%

37%

(vs 21%)

0%

(vs 1.6%)

2.5%

(vs 2.4%)

Mekel[4]

45.2%

Not reported*

Not reported*

Not reported*

Seybt[5]

Not reported

15.4%

(vs 15.0%)

0%

(vs 0%)

0%

(vs 0%)

Raffaelli[10]

16.6%

34.7%

1.6%

0.2%

  1. RLN – recurrent laryngeal nerve
  2. * the study reports thyroid specific complications including 1% readmission for hypocalcemia and 1% vocal cord dysfunction in the octogenarians and 2% vocal cord dysfunction and 0.4% hematomas in the control group.