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Variation of Thyroidectomy-Specific Outcomes Among Hospitals and Their Association With Risk Adjustment and Hospital Performance

Jason B. Liu, Julie Ann Sosa, Raymon H. Grogan, Yaoming Liu, Mark E. Cohen, Clifford Y. Ko, Bruce L. Hall

JAMA Surgery · 2017 · 46 citations · 25 references

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Postoperative hypocalcemia and RLN injury, but not hematoma, potentially could be used as thyroidectomy-specific national hospital quality improvement metrics. Strategies aimed at reducing these complications after thyroidectomy may improve the care of these patients.

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