Early Detection of Hypocalcemia After Total/Completion Thyroidectomy: Routinely Usable Algorithm Based on Serum Calcium Level

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 36; no. 11; pp. 2590 - 2597
• Main Authors: Lazard, Diane S., Godiris-Petit, Gaëlle, Wagner, Isabelle, Sarfati, Emile, Chabolle, Frédéric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.11.2012; Springer‐Verlag; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Algorithms; Bilateral Vocal Fold; Calcium - blood; Cardiac Surgery; Completion Thyroidectomy; Early Diagnosis; Female; General Surgery; Humans; Hypocalcemia - blood; Hypocalcemia - diagnosis; Hypocalcemia - etiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Multinodular Goiter; Phph; Prospective Studies; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Thyroidectomy - adverse effects; Thyroidectomy - methods; Total Thyroidectomy; Vascular Surgery; Young Adult; Bilateral Vocal Fold; Phph; Completion Thyroidectomy; Total Thyroidectomy; Multinodular Goiter

Background The purpose of this prospective bicentric study was to investigate the course of serum calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (Phph) after total/completion thyroidectomy to establish a reliable and cost-effective strategic algorithm to detect patients at risk for postoperative hypocalcemia. Methods...