Table 1.

Complications of neck dissection for thyroid cancer.

Central Neck Dissection

(1) Hypoparathyroidism—temporary/permanent (2) Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (3) Superior laryngeal nerve injury

Lateral Neck Dissection

(1) Hypoparathyroidism—temporary/permanent (2) Chyle leak (3) Hemorrhage (4) Seroma (5) Wound infection (6) Nerve injuries—accessory, ramus mandibularis, sympathetic (Horne’s syndrome), phrenic, brachial plexus, cutaneous cervical plexus