Complications of Endocrine Surgery: Data From the United HealthSystem Consortium

University of Arkansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parathyroid Disease; Thyroid Disease; Endocrine Gland

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01539499

112685

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to help better determine the complication rates for endocrine surgery across the nation for both benign and malignant disease. It is our hypothesis that the complication rates are low overall and that malignant disease results in a higher complication rate than benign disease. This study will do a database review from all University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC).

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients between the ages of 18 and 90 years who have a diagnosis of benign multinodular goiter and/or malignant thyroid disease and have undergone a total thyroidectomy as a primary procedure.
• Parathyroid patients will also be studied.

Exclusion criteria

• Non endocrine surgery patients