Purpose: Our goal was to analyze postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing total
thyroidectomy and to explore the possible risk factors. Materials and Methods: Patients …

Study Design. Retrospective database analysis. Objective. To identify the incidence and risk
factors for a prolonged intubation or an unplanned reintubation after cervical spine surgery …

Introduction: While the disease specific mortality of differentiated thyroid cancer has
remained low with current treatments, its incidence has been steadily rising over the past …

Background Functional dependency has been associated with increased risk of adverse
events following many surgical procedures. We hypothesized that dependent patients would …

BACKGROUND: Unplanned postoperative intubation is an important event that may
influence the outcome of thyroid-and parathyroidectomies. We performed a focused study on …

Background Acute respiratory failure is a rare life threatening complication following thyroid
surgery and its incidence is reported as high as 0.9%. Clinical presentation of severe acute …

Approximately 20,000 parathyroid operations are performed each year in the USA. In
general, parathyroidectomy is highly successful in effecting a biochemical cure with low …

Objectives: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a complication following thyroid surgery; its
incidence is reported as high as 0.9%. Through an illustrative case series, we present an …

Studies using large, publicly available databases are providing new insights into treatment
effects and comparative effectiveness in endocrine surgery. While observational studies …