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When preparing a patient for a thyroidectomy, the more common complications are discussed with them prior to surgery which may include recurrent nerve injury, temporary or permanent damage to parathyroid glands, need for additional surgeries, etc. Following surgery for non-invasive thyroid carcinoma, tracheal necrosis is extremely rare with very few reports in literature. We report successful management of tracheal necrosis in a patient who underwent a thyroid lobectomy for potential papillary carcinoma, followed by a completion thyroidectomy as tissue examination revealed a 3.1cm follicular variant papillary carcinoma.