Analysis and outcomes of wrong site thyroid surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In thyroid surgery, wrong-site surgery (WSS) is considered a rare event and seldom reported in the literature.

Case presentation

This report presents 5 WSS cases following thyroid surgery in a 20-year period. We stratified the subtypes of WSS in wrong target, wrong side, wrong procedure and wrong patient. Only planned and elective thyroid surgeries present WSS cases. The interventions were performed in low-volume hospitals, and subsequently, the patients were referred to our centres. Four cases of wrong-target procedures (thymectomies [n = 3] and lymph node excision [n = 1] performed instead of thyroidectomies) and one case of wrong-side procedure were observed in this study. Two wrong target cases resulting additionally in wrong procedure were noted. Wrong patien

SUBMITTER: Dionigi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature