Prevalencia de las complicaciones postoperatorias de la tiroidectomía total en pacientes mayores de 18 años en el hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo del 1 de enero del 2017 al 31 de diciembre del 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of postoperative complications of thyroidectomy has increased over the years, thus making it more harmful for women by 80% in the ages of 50 and 60. And that is how the prevalence rate has not changed in the complications that were recorded in the years of 2017-2018. Objective: To evaluate the postoperative complications of total thyroidectomy in patients over 18 years of age at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo hospital in the years 2017-2018. Methods: The study was descriptive and retrospctive, collecting information from a database of 443 medical records about patients who presented thyroid diseases and terminated in total surgery causing long-standing complications in 2017 and 2018. The statistics of each variable were performed by a program endorsed by our university in which our tutor was attentive. Results During the years 2017 and 2018, at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital, 443 patients older than 40 years old were treated with a diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid tumor, of which 381 were female patients and 62 male patients.