Safe Thyroidectomy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Kruijff, Schelto; Bosscher, Marianne Roberta Frederiek; Bongers, Pim J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-93673-0_16

Atlas of Thyroid Surgery 2022

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93673-0_16

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Safe Thyroidectomy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Schelto Kruijff

Marianne Roberta Frederiek Bosscher

Pim J. Bongers

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Safety of thyroidectomy as day care surgery at a rural setting in Eastern Uganda

Okello Damoi,

Abeshouse,

Giibwa

et al. 2024

World j. surg.

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BackgroundThe practice of day care surgery is less embraced in many low‐middle‐income countries (LMIC), and even less for some procedures considered major such as thyroidectomy. Here we examine the safety of day care thyroidectomy at Kyabirwa Surgical Center, a stand‐alone day care surgery center in rural Eastern Uganda.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study conducted between 2019 and 2023. All patients who had day care thyroidectomy were included. Demographics, diagnosis, investigation findings, pathology reports, and surgery outcomes were collected. Postoperative follow‐up data up to 30 days were also collected. Data were analyzed using R version 4.3.2.ResultsA total of 51 patients underwent same‐day thyroidectomy, with an average age of 44.9 ± 12.1 years and 98% female. Procedures included total thyroidectomy (5, 9.8%), subtotal thyroidectomy (26, 51.0%), and lobectomy (20, 39.2%). Average size of the glands was 7.9 ± 2.21 cm. The majority 46 (90.2%) were of benign pathology. All patients were discharged by the evening of the same day. Complications encountered included hypocalcemia (1), hypertrophic scar (1), seroma (2), and transient recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (1). Overall complications rate was 9.8%. Gland size was statistically significant between patients with no complications (7.68 ± 2.06 cm) versus complications (9.90 ± 2.82, p < 0.05).ConclusionWith overall low complication rates, these findings suggest that thyroidectomy can safely be performed on a day care basis in a rural LMIC setting with suboptimal health care delivery.

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Safety of thyroidectomy as day care surgery at a rural setting in Eastern Uganda

Okello Damoi,

Abeshouse,

Giibwa

et al. 2024

World j. surg.

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Safe Thyroidectomy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Safety of thyroidectomy as day care surgery at a rural setting in Eastern Uganda

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