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Child thyroid anatomy

Thyroidectomy - series

Total thyroidectomy; Partial thyroidectomy; Thyroidectomy

Risks for any anesthesia include the following:

• Reactions to medications
• Problems breathing

• Bleeding
• Infection

• Bleeding and possible airway obstruction
• Temporary or permanent loss of ability to speak due to paralysis of the vocal chords
• Inadequate thyroid function (hypothyroidism)
• Injury to the adjacent parathyroid glands
• Inadequate level of calcium in the blood (hypocalcemia)

Review Date: 10/16/2006
Reviewed By: J.A. Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.