Table II.
Reported cases of Horner's syndrome related with thyroid surgery.
| First author (Ref.) | Number of patients, n | Type of procedure | Time to resolution | Pathological diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kang et al (11) | 1 | RAET | NM | NM |
| Lee et al (12) | 1 | RAET | NM | NM |
| Rosato et al (13) | 1 | Conventional | NM | NM |
| Italiano et al (14) | 1 | Conventional | 2 months | Multinodular goiter |
| de Silva et al (15) | 1 | Conventional | 3 months | Degenerating colloid nodule |
| Vilallonga et al (16) | 1 | Conventional (secondary) | No improvement | Poorly differentiated insular carcinoma |
| Aslankurt et al (17) | 1 | Conventional | No improvement | Multinodular goiter |
| Harding et al (10) | 2 | Conventional | Partial resolution in 1 patient; no improvement in 1 patient | Papillary carcinoma and medullary thyroid cancer, respectively |
| 1 | OMIT | Partial resolution | Parathyroid adenoma, normal thyroid nodule | |
| 3 | Conventional (secondary) | No improvement | Papillary carcinoma | |
| Tan et al (18) | 1 | OMIT | 3 months | Follicular carcinoma |
| Lee et al (19) | 5 | Conventional | NM | Malignant |
| Solomon et al (9) | 1 | Conventional | 15 months | Multinodular goiter |
| Cozzaglio et al (3) | 1 | Conventional | 3 days | Basedow-Graves' disease |
| González-Aguado et al (20) | 1 | Conventional | 5 months | Papillary carcinoma |
RAET, robotic-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy; OMIT, open minimally invasive thyroidectomy; NM, not mentioned.