J‐Shaped Association Between Postoperative Levothyroxine Dosage and Fracture Risk in Thyroid Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research Vol. 33; no. 6; pp. 1037 - 1043
• Main Authors: Shin, Dong Wook, Suh, Beomseok, Lim, Hyunsun, Yun, Jae Moon, Song, Sun Ok, Park, Youngmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Bone cancer; Cohort analysis; FRACTURE; Fractures; Health risk assessment; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; OSTEOPOROSIS; Patients; THYROID CANCER; Thyroid-stimulating hormone; THYROIDECTOMY; Thyroxine; FRACTURE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; OSTEOPOROSIS

ABSTRACT Long‐term administration of supraphysiologic dosages of levothyroxine can have detrimental effect on the bone. We aimed to investigate fracture incidence among post‐thyroidectomy thyroid cancer patients compared with a matched comparison group, and explore the association between levothyrox...