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...

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Main Authors: Pietro Giorgio Calò, Enrico Erdas, Fabio Medas, Giuseppe Pisano, Michela Barbarossa, Mariano Pomata, Angelo Nicolosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S13024

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