Open AccessEvaluating the Time Interval for Presenting the Signs of Hypocalcaemia after Thyroidectomy
Author(s) -
Mostafa Hosseini,
Hamidreza Alizadeh Otaghvar,
Adnan Tizmaghz,
Ghazaal Shabestanipour,
Parichehr Atef Vahid
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15274.7445
Subject(s) - hypocalcaemia , medicine , thyroidectomy , surgery , total thyroidectomy , thyroid , calcium
Thyroidectomy is one of the most prevalent treatments for thyroid malignancies. It has very low rate of complications except the hypocalcaemia. Only a small number of studies have evaluated the clinical signs of hypocalcaemia but no study have reported the time interval between the procedure and signs of hypocalcaemia.