Two major complications after thyroid cancer surgery

Postoperative complications of thyroid cancer. Thyroid cancer is a relatively low incidence disease, accounting for about 1% of systemic malignant tumors. Surgical treatment is the preferred way, but the thyroid gland has rich blood supply, complex function and anatomy, and many important blood vessels and nerves, so the surgery is prone to cause blood vessel and nerve injury. Then, how to deal with postoperative complications of thyroid cancer? Postoperative complications of thyroid cancer: 1. Bleeding with dyspnea of postoperative complications of thyroid cancer Bleeding with dyspnea mostly occurs within 24~ after surgery, which is the most critical postoperative complication of thyroid cancer. In this group, it is caused by imperfection of hemostasis during surgery, falling off of crust or slipping off of vascular ligature wire after electrocautery, or trachea collapsing, trachea wall being softened by the pressure of enlarged thyroid for a long period of time, and the softened trachea wall is caused by losing the support after resecting a large part of the thyroid gland. Loss of support. 2.Postoperative complications of thyroid cancer: celiac leakage On the 4th day after operation, the drainage fluid from the left side of the neck was milky white, which was caused by the damage of thoracic duct and immediately reported to the doctor, and then localized compression bandage was applied to the supraclavicular fossa with cotton pads for compression, and an elastic bandage was wrapped around the opposite side of the armpit for reinforcement and symptomatic treatment was strengthened, and the fluid and electrolyte balance was maintained, and the low-fat diet was supplemented with appropriate amount of proteins and vitamins. 5 days later, celiac leakage was healed. The leakage of celiac disease healed in 5 days.