Clinical Study on the Etiology of Postthyroidectomy Skin Sinus Formation

Table 1

Clinical characteristics.

Patient	Age	Gender	Primary thyroid disease	Operation time (min)	Intraoperative bleeding (mL)	Thyroid surgery appears to rupture pus time	Secretion bacterial culture	Total duration	Combined disease
1	52	Female	NG	78	180	20 d	Staphylococcusaureus	4.5 y	Diabetes
2	56	Female	NG	55	90	15 d	—	3 y	Diabetes
3	70	Female	NG associated with HT	84	210	14 d	Staphylococcusaureus,; streptococcus, anaerobes	2.5 y	Hypertension
4	50	Female	HT	50	80	21 d	—	2 y	—
5	44	Female	NG	52	110	11 d	Staphylococcusaureus	1 y	—

—: no bacterial culture or no combined disease; HT: Hashimoto’s disease; NG: nodular goiter; y: year.