Paralysis

New paralysis study findings have been reported by O. Alimoglu and colleagues

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, January 26th, 2010

According to recent research from Istanbul, Turkey, "The identification of the risk factors associated with the increased incidence of the nerve injury is of paramount importance. Twenty-nine of 581 patients who developed recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after thyroidectomy were analyzed retrospectively."

"There were 23 women (79%) and 6 men (21%), with a mean age of 45.6 years (range, 22-66 years). Eleven patients had right vocal cord paralysis, 8 had left vocal cord paralysis, and 10 patients had bilateral involvement. Ten patients underwent near total thyroidectomy (34.4%), eight patients underwent bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy (27.5%), six patients underwent total...

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Source: Health Risk Factor Week (2010-01-26)

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