Head and Neck Surgery

This kind of surgery relates to organs and afflictions in the neck and creating exposure for other specialties (e.g. orthopedics for fixating cervical fractures).

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Most commonly performed elective surgery in the neck and head area is:

 

-Thyroid surgery for benign (goiter) or malignant (thyroid cancer) surgery

-Parathyroid surgery

 

 

Other elective surgery includes elective surgery of the carotid arteries, emergency trauma surgery and exposure surgery of the cervical bones for fixation.

 

Classification Surgery: Minor-Medium

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Anesthesia: General (Full intubation and sedation)

 

Expected hospital stay: daycare or short stay (2 days) hospitalisation

 

Complications and preventive measures

All surgery under general or regional anesthesia carries systemic risks  such as deep venous thrombosis, lungembolus, cardiovascular complications: These risks are minimised through preoperative screening procedures and prophylactic(preventing) measures (anticoagulation agents, antibiotics on indication)

 

Specific complications due to this surgery:

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-Temporary/permanent damage recurrent laryngeal nerve with hoarseness (low chance, less than 5%)

-Postoperative bleeding (low chance, less than 10%)

-Wound infection (low chance, less than 5%)