Late Bleeding after Total Thyroidectomy: Report of Two Cases occurring 13 Days after Operation
Postoperative hematoma is a rare but potentially life-threatening and unpredictable complication of thyroid surgery. We report two cases of very late postoperative bleeding occurring on the 13th postoperative day in patients treated with low-molecularweight heparin and acenocoumarol. Patient 1 was r...
Main Authors: | Pietro Giorgio Calò, Enrico Erdas, Fabio Medas, Giuseppe Pisano, Michela Barbarossa, Mariano Pomata, Angelo Nicolosi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S13024 |
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