| Yazarlar |
Prof. Dr. Nuraydın ÖZLEM
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Mehmet Ozdogan
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Gurer Ahmet
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İsmail Gomceli
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Raci Aydin
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| Özet |
| Background: Although routine drainage of the thyroidectomy bed is not an evidenced-based practice, most surgeons still employ routine drainage with an effort to monitor postoperative bleeding. The aim of this study is present our experience on draining and not draining the thyroidectomy bed. Materials and methods: Records of 1,066 patients who underwent thyroid surgery were evaluated retrospectively. Results: The rates of the re-operations due to life-threatening postoperative hemorrhage and wound infections were higher in the drained group. The average postoperative hospital stay of the drained group was significantly longer than that of the non-drained group. Conclusion: Routine drainage of the thyroidectomy bed is not effective in decreasing the rate of postoperative complications after thyroid surgery, and it causes a prolonged hospital stay and surgical site infection. © Springer-Verlag 2006. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Complication | Drain | Hematoma | Infection | Thyroidectomy |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY |
| Dergi ISSN | 1010-0700 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 06-2006 |
| Cilt No | 391 |
| Sayı | 3 |
| Sayfalar | 228 / 230 |
| Doi Numarası | DOI 10.1007/s00423-006-0048-2 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| SCOPUS | 23 |
| Google Scholar | 51 |
