ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2022
Establishing a predictive model of hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy and central lymph node dissection for postoperative calcium supplementation selectively.
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- Predictors of postoperative complications following thyroidectomy: A systematic review.Surgery in practice and science · 2024Review
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Background: The core goal of this article is to find some meaningful risk factors that can affect the postoperative hypoparathyroidism of thyroid cancer, create an effective prediction model on this basis, and use it to selectively implement routine prophylactic calcium supplementation for patients after thyroid carcinoma surgery. Methods: The clinicopathological characteristics of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who underwent conventional bilateral total thyroidectomy (TT) + bilateral central lymph node dissection from January 2020 to August 2021 in the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University were retrospectively analyzed. Firstly, this study analyzed the relationship between postoperative hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism. Then, we included many potential risk factors such as gender, age, body mass index (BMI), lateral lymph node dissection (LLND) and so on and also performed univariate and multivariate analysis of the independent risk factors for postoperative hypoparathyroidism in patients, and established a predictive scoring model. Results: Among the 401 patients with PTC, 50.1% developed postoperative hypoparathyroidism. There was significant difference in serum calcium concentration between normal parathyroid group and hypoparathyroidism group after thyroid carcinoma surgery. BMI <24 kg/m Conclusions: At present, prophylactic calcium supplementation after thyroid carcinoma surgery is a controversial postoperative treatment. It should be selectively implemented for high-risk patients with hypoparathyroidism after surgery. Routine prophylactic calcium supplementation is recommended for PTC patients with a score greater than or equal to 5, although there are no clinical symptoms of postoperative hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism. However, prophylactic calcium supplementation is not recommended for patients with PTC with a score of less than 5; if the patient develops hypocalcemia at the later stage, therapeutic calcium supplementation can then be implemented.
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