Table 2.

Complications.

Complications n (%)
After First Surgery
 RLN palsy 14 (26.4%)
 Hypocalcemia 0
After Second Surgery
 Additional RLN palsy 0
 Lost to follow-up 5 (9.4%)
 Transient hypoparathyroidism 13/53 (24.5%)
 Permanent hypoparathyroidism 8/48 (16.67%)
 Mortality 0

RLN, recurrent laryngeal nerve.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2016 July; 7(3): e0022. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2016 July 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10249