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Severe Hypocalcemia in Hungry Bone Syndrome After Parathyroid Surgery: A Case Study and Review. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Case Rep
Matuszewski W   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia

Updates in Surgery, 2017
Hypocalcaemia is one of the most common complications after thyroidectomy; however, it is still unclear what preoperative factors could predict this event. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of risk factors for hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy (TT).
Docimo, Giovanni   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Postoperative Hypocalcemia in Hyperthyroid Patients: The Parathyroids Aren't Always to Blame

Journal of Surgical Research, 2023
Hypocalcemia is commonly reported after thyroidectomy and has multiple possible etiologies including: parathyroid devascularization, reactive hypoparathyroidism from relative hypercalcemia in thyrotoxicosis, and abrupt reversal of thyrotoxic osteodystrophy.
Tyler Fields   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroidectomy increases the risk of postoperative hypocalcemia

Laryngoscope, 2017
Objectives/HypothesisThe correlation between incidental parathyroidectomy (IP) during thyroidectomy and postoperative hypocalcemia remains controversial. Our aim was to investigate the incidence of IP, risk factors, and impact on patient outcomes.Study DesignRetrospective cohort study.MethodsThis was a retrospective observational study including 3,186 ...
Yann-Sheng Lin   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Postoperative Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease

Thyroid, 2010
It is believed that patients who undergo thyroidectomy for Graves' disease are more likely to experience postoperative hypocalcemia than patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for other indications. However, no study has directly compared these two groups of patients.
Catherine E, Pesce   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Early postoperative calcium levels as predictors of hypocalcemia

The Laryngoscope, 1998
AbstractObjective: Early, safe postoperative hospital discharge has become a priority in the current environment of cost containment and managed care. One determinant for this following operations of the thyroid or parathyroid glands is a stable postoperative calcium level. This study sought to determine whether early postoperative calcium levels could
J, Adams   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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