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I know main risks of thyroidectomy are damage to the vocal cords or parathyroid glands. are there any statistics about the likelihood of these risks?
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Skill of your MD: Those are definitely the risk of the procedure. But a well skilled surgeon will decrease the odds of those complications. Statistics are just that numbers. Talk to your surgeon and check out their record and experience.
Answered 9/6/2014
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