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Thyroid nodules and primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) are highly prevalent endocrine disorders. Fortunately, almost 100 % of parathyroid tumors and more than 95 % of thyroid nodules are benign. Some patients with thyroid nodules will need surgery for diagnostic purpose despite the improved accuracy of noninvasive procedures, and others for HPT. Complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery such as recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury, superior laryngeal nerve injury, hypocalcaemia after total thyroid resection, and hemorrhage are not so rare and permanent complications can occur, respectively, at 2.1 % and 2.7 % RLN palsy, and hypoparathyroidism rates have been reported in a prospective multicenter study including departments specialized in endocrine surgery [1].
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Menegaux, F., Leenhardt, L., Esnault, O. (2016). High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation (HI-FU) in Endocrine Neck Diseases. In: Lombardi, C., Bellantone, R. (eds) Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_8
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