Hypocalcemia after Total Thyroidectomy – A Prospective Study

Critical Points Regarding Hypocalcemia after Total Thyroidectomy.

I read with interest the article “Comparison of Intraoperative versus Postoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels to Predict Hypocalcemia Earlier after Total Thyroidectomy,” by Lee et al, published online in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. The authors analyzed the differences in the mean parathyroid hormone levels for normocalcemic and hypocalcemic total thyroidectomy patients who were teste...

[Incidence of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy].

BACKGROUND Postoperative hypocalcemia is one of the most common complications of thyroid surgery. It is related to the type of disease (malignant or benign), the number of identified parathyroid glands during the surgical procedure, and the surgeon's experience. Total thyroidectomy is the procedure of choice in our hospital for benign and malignant thyroid disease, but it can increase the incid...

Hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy: a prospective study.

HYPOTHESIS Combined measurement of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and serum calcium (sCa) levels is useful for predicting postoperative hypocalcemia with minimal laboratory effort and low costs. DESIGN Prospective analysis of 170 consecutive patients. SETTING University hospital referral center. PATIENTS One hundred seventy patients underwent total thyroidectomy. Defining hypoparathyro...

The electrocardiogram in hypothyroidism and hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy.

Hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy: prospective evaluation and relation with early hypocalcemia.

AIM Definitive hypoparathyrodism (hypo-PTH) represents one of the most dangerous complication after total thyroidectomy. Partial or total lesion or accidental removal of parathyroid glands is an unpredictable adverse event, although real incidence is not well defined, such as management of this deficit. We started a prospective evaluation of patients treated with total thyroidectomy in our cent...