Morbidity of thyroid surgery

Background: Morbidity is today’s concern in thyroid surgery. The purpose of this paper was to quantify risk factors’ contribution to morbidity rates. Methods: During 50 months, 1,163 patients undergoing 1,192 thyroidectomies at one hospital were reviewed at follow-up of 8 to 58 months. Results: There was 1 death (0.08%). Wound morbidity included 19 hematomas (1.6%), 3 chyle leaks (0.2%), and 6 abscesses (0.5%). Mean hospital stay was 4.3 days after surgery without drain and 5.3 days with drain ( P