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May 27, 2020

Complications after thyroid surgery - Dr. fong

Complications after thyroid surgery

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  1. Complications after thyroid surgery Presented by Bradley T. Fong, MD

    5/27/20 RWJ DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE
  2. Expanding cervical hematoma • Incidence: 0.7-1.5% • Timing • 53%

    ≤6 hours post-op • 37% 7-24 hours post-op • 10% >24 hours post-op • Risk factors • Bleeding disorders, antiplatelet/anticoagulants • Grave’s disease, inflammatory thyroid conditions • Partial thyroidectomy • HTN, DM
  3. Expanding cervical hematoma • Signs & symptoms: • Neck swelling,

    tightness, and/or pain • Changes in voice quality • Dygphagia • Respiratory distress • Stridor • Tracheal deviation
  4. Expanding cervical hematoma • Management: • If acute emergency: bedside

    evacuation of hematoma • Patient in sitting / head raised position • Have equipment ready for difficult airway and have a variety of ETT sizes • Prep and drape neck prior to securing airway (for emergent decompression and surgical airway) • Maintain spontaneous ventilation and avoid muscle relaxants • Intubation by most experienced anesthesiologist
  5. Expanding cervical hematoma • Management (continued): • Extubate only if

    patient meets standard extubation criteria and has adequate cuff leak • Consider laryngoscopy to directly visualize presence/absence of airway edema • Dexamethasone to reduce airway edema • If extubating, avoid bucking movements • PONV prophylaxis is encouraged
  6. Damage to laryngeal nerves • Superior laryngeal nerve • Sensory:

    inferior epiglottis to vocal cords • Motor: cricothyroid muscle – vocal cord tensor and adductor • Damage: • Hoarseness • Loss of sensation above vocal cords -> aspiration • Dysphagia due to deranged swallowing reflex
  7. Damage to laryngeal nerves • Recurrent laryngeal nerve • Sensory:

    mucosa below cords • Motor: All laryngeal muscles except cricothyroid muscle (importantly, abduction and adduction of vocal cords) • Damage: • Unilateral: hoarseness • Bilateral complete injury: severely decreased voice quality, dyspnea, stridor • Bilateral partial injury: airway obstruction, aphonia
  8. Damage to laryngeal nerves • Mechanism of injury: • Traction

    • Transection • Ischemia • Entrapment • Injury is typically transient (recovery within 6 months), but may also be permanent.
  9. Damage to laryngeal nerves • Unilateral recurrent nerve injury is

    the most common nerve injury after thyroidectomy • Risk factors for RLN injury after thyroidectomy: • Thyroid cancer, total thyroidectomy, re-operation for recurrent goiter, not identifying the RLN • Cardiovocal syndrome (Ortner’s syndrome) • Mitral stenosis -> LA dilation -> compression of L RLN • Left RLN nerve palsy can also be caused by thoracic aortic aneurysms, pulmonary HTN, or enlarged pulm A.
  10. Hypocalcemia • Caused by accidental parathyroid removal • More common

    after thyroidectomy • Timing • Signs of hypocalcemia typically do not appear until 24- 72hrs post-op, however, they can appear as early as 1- 3hrs post-op • Laryngeal muscles are very sensitive to hypocalcemia • Stridor -> laryngospasm may be first sign of surgically induced hypoparathyroidism
  11. Hypocalcemia • Signs and symptoms: • Paresthesias (perioral, extremities), confusion,

    seizures • Muscle spasms, tetany • Stridor, laryngospasm • Prolonged QT, arrhythmia • Management: oral or IV calcium supplementation
  12. Tracheomalacia • Extremely rare • Can arise from chronic pressure

    on trachea by goiter • Prolonged pressure may cause atrophy and erosion of cartilaginous tracheal rings • Leads to tracheal collapse and airway obstruction • May necessitate reintubation
  13. References • Sheri M Berg., et al. “Emergency Evacuation: Management

    of an Expanding Neck Hematoma in the PACU”. EC Anaesthesia 5.12s (2019): 37-44. • Bajwa SJ, Sehgal V. Anesthesia and thyroid surgery: The never ending challenges. Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2013;17(2):228-234. • Zakaria HM, Al Awad NA, Al Kreedes AS, et al. Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in thyroid surgery. Oman Med J. 2011;26(1):34-38. doi:10.5001/omj.2011.09 • Dixon JL, et al. A novel method for the management of post- thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy hematoma: a single-institution experience after over 4,000 central neck operations. World J Surg. 2014;38(6):1262-1267. • Miller, Ronald D. Miller's Anesthesia. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2010.14;38(6):207-211 & 443-445 • Michael Goldenberg, Sonia Vaida. Anesthetic Management of Post- Thyroidectomy Complications. Anesthesiology News: Clinical Anesthesiology. 2019. Accessed online 5/2020. • Truong A, Truong DT (2011) Vocal Cord Dysfunction: An Updated Review. Otolaryngol S1:002. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.S1-002