Muhammad Ayoub Jalbani, Azizullah Jalbani, Att A Hussain Soomro.
A prospective study of 100 consecutive cases of thyroid surgery and its complication at chandka medical college hospital larkana.
Pak J Surg Jan ;28(1):34-7.

Objectives: To evaluate various complication of thyroidectomy and how to minimize the possible complications. Design: A prospective descriptive study. Sett ing: Surgical Unit-I, Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital Larkana. Place and Duration: Th is study was carried out on 100 patients of thyroid goitre treated at Department of Surgery Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital during three years period from June 2007 to June 2010. Methodology: All cases of thyroid goitre admitt ed from June 2007 to June 2010 are included in this study. Th e details were added on a proforma. Results: 100 patients were operated during the above period. 90 of them were female and 10 were male; so a female to male ratio of 9:1 was observed in this study. 60 of these patients had non-toxic multinodular goitre; 22 had simple diff use goitre; 10 had diff use toxic goitre; 3 patients had toxic multinodular goitre and 1 had toxic adenoma. Conclusion: Th yroid goitre is a common surgical condition. We concluded that all patients should be thoroughly examined and carefully investigated. Th yroid surgery should be performed by an experienced surgeon to avoid complications.

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