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To evaluate the frequency and risk factors of unintentional parathyroidectomy after thyroidectomy in our Jordanian population.This retrospective investigation enrolled 103 subjects assigned for thyroidectomy at King Hussein Hospital, King Hussein medical city, Amman, Jordan during the period Jan 2012- Aug 2013.The patient’s demographics reported age, sex, preoperative FNA diagnosis and postoperative histopathological reports. The thyroid surgical procedure (subtotal or total thyroidectomy with lobectomy or completion thyroidectomy) was achieved by senior surgeons. Histopathology reports were reviewed for the presence and characteristics of parathyroid tissue glands and thyroid pathology. For statistical analysis, the chi-square test and Fisher exact test were used to evaluate statistical significance. P≤.05 was be considered statistically significant.Eleven (11) subjects (10.7 %) had their parathyroid glands incidentally removed.There was significant difference between the mean age of patients with and without accompanying parathyroidectomy (35.5 vs. 50 years, P≤0.05).Nine (81.8%) patients with accompanying parathyroidectomy had only one parathyroid gland excised, one patient (9.1 %) had two removed and one patient (9.1 %) had three removed.The frequency of accompanying parathyroidectomy after thyroidectomy was 10.7% which is within the international limits.Risk factors were female sex, lobectomy thyroidectomy and multinodular goiter.

Keywords: factors, Jordan, thyoidectomy, parathyroidectomy, accompanying

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