Assessing Symptomatic Hypocalcemia Risk After Total Thyroidectomy: A Prospective Study

Andro Košec; Ana Gašić; Filip Hergešić; Ivan Rašić; Vesna Košec; Vladimir Bedeković

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1777450

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (Jan 2024)

Assessing Symptomatic Hypocalcemia Risk After Total Thyroidectomy: A Prospective Study

Andro Košec,
Ana Gašić,
Filip Hergešić,
Ivan Rašić,
Vesna Košec,
Vladimir Bedeković

Affiliations

Andro Košec: ORCiD; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Gašić: School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Filip Hergešić: School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Rašić: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia
Vesna Košec: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia
Vladimir Bedeković: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Centre “Sestre milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1777450
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 01
pp. e12 – e21

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Introduction The most common postoperative complication of total thyroidectomy is hypocalcemia, usually monitored using serum parathyroid hormone and calcium values.

Published in International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

ISSN: 1809-9777 (Print); 1809-4864 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://lp.thieme.de/journals/international-archives-of-otorhinolaryngology/1809-9777

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