Re-operation for haemorrhage

What this data shows:

Bleeding in the neck after thyroid surgery can cause breathing difficulty and be potentially life-threatening.

How the data is gathered:

Rates are not risk-adjusted eg to allow for extent of surgery or the range of pathology treated.

More information about the data source:

Data are only available for those surgeons who are members of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons (BAETS), and who submitted data to the audit over the relevant time period. Data are self-reported and have not been independently verified against other data sources.

Data Source:

UK Register of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgery, operated by the BAETS and Dendrite Clinical Systems Ltd.

Data Period:

2011 - 2015