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Pregnancy—a risk factor for thyroid surgery complications

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 5, pages 589–590 (2009)Cite this article

Pregnancy can exacerbate endocrinopathies and obscure their diagnosis in patients with parathyroid or thyroid disease. A large, population-based study published in Archives of Surgery demonstrates that pregnant women carry an increased risk of surgical complications, longer hospitalization and higher costs from parathyroid and thyroid surgery than nonpregnant patients.

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  1. Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.

  2. D. Ruan, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA druan@partners.org

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Ruan, D., Moalem, J. Pregnancy—a risk factor for thyroid surgery complications. Nat Rev Endocrinol 5, 589–590 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2009.211

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