Thyroid surgeries are actually quite safe surgeries when performed by experienced surgeons. Complications are rare in this type of surgery.
One of the most well-known risks of thyroid surgery is bleeding, which occurs in the hours immediately after the surgery and causes acute respiratory distress. This risk can be minimized by using special methods in these surgeries that require working in a narrow area.
Another risk is temporary or permanent hoarseness due to damage to the nerve that moves the vocal cords near the thyroid gland due to swelling in the tissues. . In surgeries performed in experienced hands, this risk is below 1%. However, this risk increases slightly in surgeries such as thyroid cancer and giant goiter.
;In addition, the development of hypocalcemia, also called low calcium, due to malnutrition of the parathyroid glands, is a possible risk after surgery.
In such cases, due to the decrease in calcium in the blood, numbness, tingling or contraction may be observed in the patient's fingertips, toes and corners of the lips.
This situation, which is usually temporary, disappears within 1-2 weeks with calcium treatment.
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