MUSTAFA ÜNÜBOL, Ahmet Orhan ÇELİK, ADEM MAMAN, Çiğdem KALAYCIK ERTUGAY

A Rare Complication Occurring Years After Thyroid Surgery: A Cutaneous Fistula

The mortality and morbidity of thyroid surgery are low. The complications after thyroid surgery include bleeding, wound site infection, keloid formation, recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal nerve injury, temporary and permanent hypocalcemia, and injury to surrounding structures such as esophagus, artery, vein and the cervical sympathetic trunk. Other much rare complication includes cutaneous fistula formation. In this report, we describe a patient who underwent thyroid surgery and developed cutaneous fistula in the late postoperative period, a complication that has never been reported previously following thyroid surgery.

Tiroit Cerrahisinden Yıllar Sonra Ortaya Çıkan Nadir Bir Komplikasyon: Deri Fistülü

Tiroid cerrahisi düşük mortalite ve morbiditeye sahiptir. Tiroid cerrahisi sonrası görülen komplikasyonlar; kanama, yara yeri enfeksiyonu, keloid oluşumu, rekürren laringeal sinir ve süperior laringeal sinir hasarı, geçici ve kalıcı hipokalsemi, özofagus, arter, ven ve servikal sempatik zincir gibi çevre yapılarda zedelenmedir. Deri fistülü gelişmesi çok nadir bir komplikasyondur. Bu makalede, tiroid cerrahisi uygulanmış ve geç postoperatif dönemde tiroid cerrahisi sonrası daha önce bildirilmemiş bir komplikasyon olarak deri fistülü gelişmiş bir olgu tanımlanmıştır.

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