Ricerc@Sapienza

Injuries to the recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve (RILN) remain one of the major post-operative complications after thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Damage to this nerve can result in a temporary or permanent palsy, which is associated with vocal cord paresis or paralysis. Visual identification of the RILN is a common procedure to prevent nerve injury during thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Recently, intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has been introduced in order to facilitate the localisation of the nerves and to prevent their injury during surgery.

SCOPO: Le infezioni del sito chirurgico (SSIs) e le complicanze infettive sistemiche dopo chirurgia tiroidea sono di non comune riscontro. La profilassi antibiotica nei
pazienti a basso rischio infettivo (ASA ≤3) sembra priva di significativi vantaggi sull’incidenza delle SSIs e delle complicanze settiche sistemiche. Scopo dello studio è
stato quello di valutare l’incidenza delle SSI e delle complicanze infettive sistemiche in una serie consecutiva di pazienti sottoposti a chirurgia della tiroide in assenza di

Introduction: Hypoparathyroidism still represents an important concern in thyroid surgery. Careful dissection with identification and preservation of parathyroid glands in situ remains the best way to maintain gland vitality and avoid post-operative failure. Nevertheless, parathyroid glands are still inadvertently removed in up to 11% of cases. Parathyroid autotransplantation may represent the only way to restore parathyroid gland functionality in case of inadvertent removal or devascularization during thyroid surgery.