Open AccessAssessment of Serum Ionized Calcium in the Perioperative Period in Patients Undergoing Total Thyroidectomy
Author(s) -
Muqdad Fuad,
Ahmed Modher
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.7018
Subject(s) - medicine , calcium metabolism , thyroidectomy , calcium , perioperative , incidence (geometry) , significant difference , surgery , gastroenterology , endocrinology , thyroid , physics , optics
BACKGROUND: The serious complications of total and near-total thyroidectomy vary from hypocalcemia to recurrent laryngeal nerve injury to tension hematoma. Post-operative hypocalcemia is common and has an incidence of 1.3–83% in some studies.AIM: The aim of the study is to evaluate the immediate post-operative sequence of serum-ionized calcium next to entire or close entire thyroidectomy to describe the incidence degree of hypocalcemia.METHOD: One hundred and seventy-four (174) patients who underwent total and near-total thyroidectomy were investigated for serum-ionized calcium level preoperatively and on post-operative day (POD) 1 and 2, searching for difference in serum-ionized calcium level preoperatively.RESULTS: There was a significant difference between pre-operative serum-ionized calcium (Ca++) level and that in POD1. The mean pre-operative ionized Ca was 1.23 ± 0.47 mmol/l, while mean ionized Ca on POD1 was 1.175 ± 0.11 mmol/l proposing decrease in mean of ionized Ca++ in POD1 (p = 0.0001). There was also a significant difference between pre-operative serum-ionized Ca++ level and that in POD2. The mean pre-operative ionized Ca was 1.23 ± 0.47 mmol/l, while the mean of ionized calcium on POD2 was 1.177 ± 0.1 mmol/l suggesting decrease in mean concentration of Ca++ in POD2 (p = 0.0001).CONCLUSION: Significant number of patients who undergo near-total and total thyroidectomy develop decrease in the serum concentration of calcium postoperatively.