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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.