Calcium levels are regulated by a hormone known as the parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is secreted by the parathyroid gland. If the body fails to maintain the calcium levels within the normal ranges, hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia results. Hypocalcemia is the condition in which the serum calcium levels in the blood are low. The presentation of the patients with hypocalcemia can vary from asympt...

OBJECTIVE Many varieties of methods using intra-operative PTH have been applied to predict hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. The present study prospectively evaluated the reliability of intra-operative PTH through a single assay to predict hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. MATERIAL AND METHOD Intra-operative PTH were performed before and 20 minutes after total thyroidectomy for 30...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE The risk of developing hypocalcemia is the reason for prolonged hospitalisation after total thyroidectomy. The objective of this study was to validate parathyroid hormone measurement for predicting post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty-two patients who underwent total or completion thyroidectomy from February 2009 to March 2010 were enrolled i...

BACKGROUND Hypocalcemia and nerve injury are the most severe complications after thyroid surgery. The duration of surgery has not been previously considered as a risk factor for postoperative complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. We sort to investigate the influence of prolonged surgery on postoperative complications in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy. METHODS We h...

PURPOSE Neonatal late-onset hypocalcemia is defined as hypocalcemia developed after postnatal 3 days and associated with hypoparathyroidism, high phosphate diets and vitamin D deficiency. We experienced the increment of neonatal late onset hypocalcemia over 1 year. We tried to evaluate the relationship between late onset hypocalcemia and maternal hypovitaminosis D. METHODS The medical records...

INTRODUCTION Minimally invasive techniques in thyroid surgery including video-assisted technique originally described by Miccoli have been accepted in several continents for more than 10 years. AIM To analyze our preliminary results from minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) and to evaluate the feasibility and effects of this method in a general department over a 4-year peri...

Hypocalcemia with stridor is a well-known condition in the pediatric age group but has rarely been reported in the elderly. We report an elderly patient who presented with dyspnea and laryngeal stridor attack caused by hypocalcemia. The patient had been suffering from stridor and dyspnea episodes for 2 years, and the etiology had not been determined until the evaluation in our department. The c...

Calcium levels are regulated by a hormone known as the parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is secreted by the parathyroid gland. If the body fails to maintain the calcium levels within the normal ranges, hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia results. Hypocalcemia is the condition in which the serum calcium levels in the blood are low. The presentation of the patients with hypocalcemia can vary from asympt...

UNLABELLED OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes between children (<18 yrs) and adults undergoing total thyroidectomy for Graves' disease (GD) at a high volume, multidisciplinary thyroid center. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Reported complication rates for children undergoing surgery for Graves' disease are worse than for adults. METHODS 100 consecutive patients (32 children; 68 adults) who underwe...