A Rare Complication Occurring Years After Thyroid Surgery: A Cutaneous Fistula

The mortality and morbidity of thyroid surgery are low. The complications after thyroid surgery include bleeding, wound site infection, keloid formation, recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal nerve injury, temporary and permanent hypocalcemia, and injury to surrounding structures such as...

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Published inMeandros medical and dental journal Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 182 - 184
Main Authors Ünübol, Mustafa, Çelik, Ahmet Orhan, Maman, Adem, Kalaycık Ertugay, Çiğdem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi 01.08.2018
Galenos Publishing House
Subjects
Esophagus
Fistula
Fistulae
Hypocalcemia
Infections
Morbidity
Recurrent infection
Superior laryngeal nerve
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
Thyroid
Thyroid gland
Tıp
Aydın
New York
Italy
China
deri fistülü
cutaneous fistula
complication
Thyroid surgery
Tiroid cerrahisi
komplikasyon
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Summary:The mortality and morbidity of thyroid surgery are low. The complications after thyroid surgery include bleeding, wound site infection, keloid formation, recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal nerve injury, temporary and permanent hypocalcemia, and injury to surrounding structures such as esophagus, artery, vein and the cervical sympathetic trunk. Other much rare complication includes cutaneous fistula formation. In this report, we describe a patient who underwent thyroid surgery and developed cutaneous fistula in the late postoperative period, a complication that has never been reported previously following thyroid surgery.
ISSN:2149-9063
2149-9063
DOI:10.4274/meandros.2046