The causes of transient hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery are not fully understood. In 95 consecutive patients undergoing total thyroidectomy (n=30) subtotal thyroidectomy (n=14), or hemithyroidectomy (n=51), we serially measured total calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and proteins before surgery and 6, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours after surgery, and we calculated the corresponding ionized calcium levels. In the whole population, there was a statistically significant decrease of PTH, total calcium, and proteins at nearly every time of blood withdrawal, when compared with the preoperative levels Revue / Journal Title
Transient hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy
SORTINO, NICOLO' SALVATORE;PUCCINI, MARCO;IACCONI, PIETRO;PIERALLINI, SARA;MICCOLI, PAOLO
1994-01-01
Abstract
The causes of transient hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery are not fully understood. In 95 consecutive patients undergoing total thyroidectomy (n=30) subtotal thyroidectomy (n=14), or hemithyroidectomy (n=51), we serially measured total calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and proteins before surgery and 6, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours after surgery, and we calculated the corresponding ionized calcium levels. In the whole population, there was a statistically significant decrease of PTH, total calcium, and proteins at nearly every time of blood withdrawal, when compared with the preoperative levels Revue / Journal TitleFile in questo prodotto:
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