Clinical and laboratorial correlation of postoperative hypocalcemia after extensive thyroidectomy

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Antonio José Gonçalves¹  Laércio Martins¹  Tania Regina Bastos De Souza¹  Paulo Jorge Correia Alves¹  Alexandre Schiola¹  Oswaldo Angel Bellido Rios¹  Adriana Ribeiro Dos Santos¹ 

[1] ,Santa Casa School of Medicine Departament of Surgery São Paulo,Brazil

关键词: Thyroid;    hypocalcemia;    thyroidectomy;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-31801997000100009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The medical records of 84 patients submitted to extensive thyroidectomy from January 1991 to April 1995 were reviewed and the data was analyzed in order to verify a correlation between postoperative laboratories results and physical findings suggestive of hypocalcemia. It was verified that there was hypocalcemia in 51.2 percent of the patients, of which only 18.6 percent presented symptoms. It was concluded that asymptomatic hypocalcemia is frequent in extensive thyroidectomy and a routine screening for serum calcium in the postoperative period following thyroidectomy and calcium reposition must be systematic.

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