Clinical Study
Experience of 1166 Thyroidectomy without Use of Prophylactic Antibiotic
Table 2
Patients’ data regarding anesthesia, surgical procedure, duration of surgery, and postoperative complications.
| | Parameter | (%) |
| | Anesthesia (total cases = 1166) | | | Tracheal intubation general anesthesia | 1003 (86.0) | | Cervical plexus anesthesia | 163 (14.0) | | Surgical procedure () | () | | Unilateral total or partial thyroid lobectomy | 793 (68.0) | Single lobectomy plus partial resection
of opposite lobe | 78 (6.7) | | Bilateral partial thyroidectomy | 250 (21.4) | | Double lobectomy | 34 (2.9) | One-sided cervical lymph node resection for
papillary carcinoma | 6 (0.5) | Bilateral cervical lymph node resection for
papillary carcinoma | 1 (0.1) | | Resection of parathyroidoma | 4 (0.3) | | Duration of surgery (min) () | | | 20–69 | 418 (35.8) | | 70–120 | 658 (56.4) | | 130–170 | 65 (5.6) | | 180–230 | 18 (1.5) | | 240–330 | 7 (0.6) | | Average operation time (min) | | | Postoperative complications () | | | Incision infection | 1 (0.1) | | Bleeding after 24 h of surgery | 5 (0.5) | | Laryngeal nerve paralysis | 6 (0.6) | | Hypoparathyroidism | 2 (0.2) | Allergic dermatitis exfoliativa caused by
sodium phenobarbital | 1 (0.1) |
|
|
