Incidence of hypocalcemia in total thyroidectomy

[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...

Comparison of the incidence of postoperative hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy vs completion thyroidectomy.

OBJECTIVE To study the rate of postoperative hypocalcemia following completion thyroidectomy (CT), in comparison with the hypocalcemia rate following total thyroidectomy (TT). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective study, performed at the McGill University Thyroid Cancer Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 2007 to 2012. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Medical records of adult patients undergoing ...

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...

risk of postoperative hypocalcemia in patients underwent total thyroidectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy and lobectomy surgeries.

the main objective of this study was to identify the incidence of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia in patients underwent lobectomy, subtotal thyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy. this randomized trial study was performed from may 2010 to july 2011 among 108 consecutive patients undergoing thyroidectomy. patients were allocated into 3 groups based on the 3 common type of thyroidectomy. pre and po...

The electrocardiogram in hypothyroidism and hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy.