Intact PTH measurement 1 hour after total thyroidectomy as a predictor for patients at risk for developing symptomatic hypocalcaemia
K Dilber Pareed, Ananthaprabhu Kumble, M.S Moosabba Abstract Postoperative hypocalcaemia is one of the most common complication observed in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy with a report incidence ranging from 1.6% to 50%. Transient hypocalcaemia occur in upto 50% patients and permanent hypocalcaemia in 2%.Symptoms appear usually between 2nd to 5th postoperative day. In … Read more