Complications of Thyroid Surgery: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

thyroid surgery complications, surgical complications, postoperative bleeding, postoperative infection, vocal fold paralysis, superior laryngeal nerve, SLN, recurrent laryngeal nerve, RLN, hypoparathyroidism, hypocalcemia, hungry bone syndrome, hungry-bone syndrome, hungry bone disease, hungry-bone disease, calcium carbonate, vitamin D replacement, Chvostek sign, Chvostek's sign, Trousseau's sign, Trousseau sign, hypothyroidism, thyrotoxic storm, electromyography, EMG, parathyroid hormone, PTH, parathormone, parathyroid glands

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Pramod K Sharma, MD, Consulting Staff, Ear, Nose and Throat Center
Pramod K Sharma, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American Head and Neck Society, American Laryngological Rhinological and Otological Society, American Medical Association, American Rhinologic Society, Society of University Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons, and Utah Medical Association
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Lucy J Barr, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
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