Case No. | Year | Speciality type | Age/Gender Surgeon | Thyroid cases operated/year | Age/Gender Patient | Community | Employed | Indication of surgery | Anatomical dominant side | Dominant nodule size (mm) | Gland volume (mL) | Planned procedure | Type of surgery | E/R/Min/O | Use of MG | Use of FS | Use of IONM | Organ excised | Surgery duration (min) | No. of surgeons ^ | Mentor in OR | Pathology | Error | Malpractice claim |
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1 | 2017 | General surgery | 27/M | 10 | 35/F | Sinhalese | No | Bethesda III | Right | 10 | 21 | Right lobectomy | Left lobectomy | M | No | No | No | Thyroid | 20 | 3 | No | Malignant | Wrong side | No |
2 | 2019 | Head & Neck | 33/F | 10 | 42/F | Hispanidad | Yes | PTC with LN metastases | Left | 6 | 19 | Thyroidectomy + central + left lateral node dissection | Thymectomy + left lateral lymph node dissection | O | Not known | No | No | Thymus + LN | 130 | 2 | Not known | Malignant | Wrong target Wrong procedure | Yes |
3 | 2014 | Head and neck | 60/M | 20 | 20/F | Caucasian | yes | PTC | right | 8 | 5 | Thyroidectomy | Paratracheal lymphnodes removal | O | No | No | No | Lymph nodes | 130 | 2 | Not known | Malignant | Wrong target | Yes |
4 | 2002 | General Surgery | 52/M | Not known | 41/F | Caucasian | Yes | Toxic goiter | Bilateral | 30 | 34 | Total thyroidectomy | Removal of thymic tissue | O | No | No | No | Thymic tissue | 60 | 3 | No | Benign | Wrong target | No |
5 | 2019 | General Surgery | 55/M | 10 | 17/F | Caucasian | No | Bethesda V | Right | 15 | 23 | Total Thyroidectomy | Removal of thymic tissue + central LN | O | No | No | No | Thymic tissue + central LN | 80 | 2 | No | Malignant | Wrong target Wrong procedure | No |