Table 1.
Bilateral thyroidectomy technique | Reference | Number of cats | Recurrence rate | Postoperative hypocalcaemia | |
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Overall | Severe * | ||||
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Extracapsular | Holzworth et al (1980) | 9 | 0% | NA | 33% |
Extracapsular | Flanders et al (1987) | 11 | 9% | 82% | 62% |
Intracapsular | Birchard et al (1984) | 53 | 8% | 15% | 8% |
Intracapsular | Welches et al (1989) | 50 | 22% | 22% | 12% |
Intracapsular | Swalec et al (1990) | 26 | 8% | 26% | 15% |
Modified intracapsular | Flanders et al (1987) | 18 | 5% | 36% | 15% |
Modified intracapsular | Welches et al (1989) | 36 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
Modified extracapsular | Welches et al (1989) | 26 | 4% | 23% | 11% |
Staged intracapsular | Flanders et al (1987) | 11 | 0% | 11% | 0% |
Staged with parathyroid reimplantation | Norsworthy (1995) | 10 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Became tetanic or required intravenous calcium therapy to prevent tetany.