Postoperative Complications After Prophylactic Thyroidectomy for Very Young Patients With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2: Retrospective Cohort Analysis

The aim of this study was to investigate whether younger age at surgery is associated with the increased incidence of postoperative complications after prophylactic thyroidectomy in pediatric patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) 2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kluijfhout, Wouter P., van Beek, Dirk-Jan, Verrijn Stuart, Annemarie A., Lodewijk, Lutske, Valk, Gerlof D., van der Zee, David C., Vriens, Menno R., Borel Rinkes, Inne H.M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603023/