ea0020p161 | Thyroid | ECE2009
Michalopoulos Nikolaos
, Alevizos Leonidas
, Markogiannakis Haridimos
, Memos Nikolaos
, Giannopoulos Aggelos
, Malachtari Sofia
, Kekis Panagiotis
, Manouras Andreas
Objective: To identify incidental parathyroidectomy predictors in thyroid surgery.Methods: All thyroid operations during 4 years were reviewed (n=1010). Patients were divided in those with (parathyroidectomy group) and without incidental parathyroidectomy (no-parathyroidectomy group).Results: Incidental parathyroidectomy occurred in 198 patients (19.6%). The groups were comparable in age, thyroid weight and pathology, hypert...