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 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.