OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Hypocalcemia is common in the initial period after total laryngectomy. The purpose of the present study was to study the incidence of and risk factors for postlaryngectomy hypocalcemia at our institution. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of 65 consecutive total laryngectomies. METHODS Clinical data and calcium levels for the first postoperative week were collected. Bi...

Aim: To investigate the relationship between preoperative vitamin D deficiency and recovery/healing time from postoperative hypoparathyroidism or hypocalcemia.
 Material Method: The sample consisted of patients that underwent thyroidectomy 25-hydroxy-vitamin analysis 2014 2018 at General Surgery Clinic Health Sciences University Ankara Numune Training Research Hospital. Of 1598 who total t...

AIM OF THE STUDY Conservative surgery of thyroid is followed by recurrence in 2 to 70% of cases in an 8-20 years period. The surgical treatment of such recurrence is affected by higher morbidity than a primary total thyroidectomy. We wanted verify in our series this difference and discuss motivations for conservative or radical surgery of goiter. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared a series of ...

BACKGROUND Redo surgery for recurrent goiter is still now, even in experienced hands, followed by higher morbidity than primary total thyroidectomy. Suppressive Levothyroxine therapy failed to improve the recurrence rate, while inducing a subclinical hyperthyroidism. Aim of this study is to verify morbidity after total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid diseases, both primary and after recurrence...

Hypocalcemia is a common complication following thyroidectomy. However, the incidence of postoperative hypocalcemia varies widely in the literature, and factors associated with hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery are not well established. We aimed to identify incidence trends and independent risk factors of postoperative hypocalcemia using the nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) database from 1998...

Hypocalcemia is a significant adverse effect of denosumab. We herein report a case of prolonged hypocalcemia in a patient with multiple risk factors for hypocalcemia, including gastrectomy, increased bone turnover, and a poor performance status. Hypocalcemia developed after denosumab treatment for diffuse bone metastasis of gastric cancer, despite oral supplementation with vitamin D and calcium...

BACKGROUND To investigate the role of magnesium in biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, a retrospective study was conducted. METHODS Less-than-total thyroidectomy patients were excluded from the final analysis. Identified the risk factors of biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, and investigated the correlation by logistic regression and correlation test respectively. RESULTS A tot...

OBJECTIVES High incidence of hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy is a major determinant in delay of discharge. Even though many studies have focused on the search for reliable early predictors of postoperative hypocalcemia, definitions of hypocalcemia are diverse; therefore, interpretation and application of previously reported findings may not be easy. We aimed to elucidate diverse patterns of po...

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...