Secondary resection in primarily omitted thyroidectomy as a prerequisite for multimodal therapy of differentiated thyroid cancers
Günther, B.; Moser, E.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für Alle Gebiete der Operativen Medizen 55(5): 336-338
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4722 PMID: 6734337 Document Number: 232389
From 1.1. 1970 to 31.12. 1982 62 patients underwent secondary thyroidectomy. In 28.3% primary thyroidectomy was omitted due to false negative frozen section. The rate of lesions of the recurrens nerve amounted to 4.8%, the percentage of hypoparathyroidism was 3.2%. The postoperative uptake of radioiodine was 19.4 +/- 16.8%. Uptake of radioiodine and the time interval between the first and second operation were correlated.