Heron D Baumgarten1, Andrew J Bauer2, Amber Isaza2, Sogol Mostoufi-Moab2, Ken Kazahaya3, N Scott Adzick4. 1. Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 2. Department of Pediatrics, and the Pediatric Thyroid Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 3. Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 4. Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: adzick@email.chop.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest improved outcomes for children undergoing thyroidectomy at high-volume pediatric surgery centers. We present outcomes after thyroid surgery at a single center and advocate for referral to high-volume centers for multidisciplinary management of these children. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for all pediatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery at a single institution from 2009 through 2017. Routine recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid hormone monitoring was used. Lymph node dissections were performed in appropriately selected cancer patients. Data collection focused on pathologic diagnosis, surgical technique, and surgical complications, including postoperative hematoma, neurapraxia, permanent nerve damage, hypocalcemia, and transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism. RESULTS: From 2009 through 2017, 464 patients underwent thyroid surgery. Median age of the cohort was 15 years (range 2-24). Thirty-three percent were diagnosed with benign nodules (n=151), 36% with papillary or follicular thyroid cancer (n=168), 27% with Graves' disease (n=124), 3% with medullary thyroid cancer (n=14), and 1.5% underwent prophylactic thyroidectomy for MEN2a (n=7). Six patients required return to the OR for hematoma evacuation including 5 patients after surgery for Graves' disease (RR 8.7, 95% CI 1.06-71.85). In sixteen cases, concern about neurapraxia resulted in laryngoscopy, revealing eleven patients with vocal cord paresis. Two of these patients demonstrated a persistent deficit at 6 months postoperatively (0.4%). Thirty-seven percent of patients had transient hypoparathyroidism (n=137), and two patients had persistent hypoparathyroidism 6 months after total thyroidectomy (0.6%). There was no significant difference in either hypocalcemia or hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy based on age or diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Characterizing outcomes for pediatric patients based on diagnosis will assist in preoperative counseling for patients and their families. This high-volume center reports low complication rates after pediatric thyroid surgery, highlighting that referral to high-volume centers should be considered for children and adolescents with thyroid disease requiring surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest improved outcomes for children undergoing thyroidectomy at high-volume pediatric surgery centers. We present outcomes after thyroid surgery at a single center and advocate for referral to high-volume centers for multidisciplinary management of these children. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for all pediatric patients undergoing thyroid surgery at a single institution from 2009 through 2017. Routine recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid hormone monitoring was used. Lymph node dissections were performed in appropriately selected cancerpatients. Data collection focused on pathologic diagnosis, surgical technique, and surgical complications, including postoperative hematoma, neurapraxia, permanent nerve damage, hypocalcemia, and transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism. RESULTS: From 2009 through 2017, 464 patients underwent thyroid surgery. Median age of the cohort was 15 years (range 2-24). Thirty-three percent were diagnosed with benign nodules (n=151), 36% with papillary or follicular thyroid cancer (n=168), 27% with Graves' disease (n=124), 3% with medullary thyroid cancer (n=14), and 1.5% underwent prophylactic thyroidectomy for MEN2a (n=7). Six patients required return to the OR for hematoma evacuation including 5 patients after surgery for Graves' disease (RR 8.7, 95% CI 1.06-71.85). In sixteen cases, concern about neurapraxia resulted in laryngoscopy, revealing eleven patients with vocal cord paresis. Two of these patients demonstrated a persistent deficit at 6 months postoperatively (0.4%). Thirty-seven percent of patients had transient hypoparathyroidism (n=137), and two patients had persistent hypoparathyroidism 6 months after total thyroidectomy (0.6%). There was no significant difference in either hypocalcemia or hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy based on age or diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Characterizing outcomes for pediatric patients based on diagnosis will assist in preoperative counseling for patients and their families. This high-volume center reports low complication rates after pediatric thyroid surgery, highlighting that referral to high-volume centers should be considered for children and adolescents with thyroid disease requiring surgery. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.
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