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Risk factors for hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy: a narrative review.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Development and validation of an explainable web-based machine learning model for predicting early postoperative hypocalcemia in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.Gland surgery · 2026Article
- Delayed recognition of hypomagnesemia causing refractory Hypocalcemia after Reoperative neck surgery in a resource-limited setting. a case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2026Article
- An interpretable nomogram for predicting early acute postoperative hypocalcemia in differentiated thyroid cancer: development and internal validation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention on reducing non-guideline-concordant prescribing of calcium and vitamin D analogues after total thyroidectomy.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hypocalcemia is a frequent complication after total thyroidectomy and seriously affects patients' postoperative quality of life and long-term prognosis. This article reviews the relationship between postoperative hypocalcemia and its suspected risk factors, including age, sex, serum magnesium, vitamin D, high-risk pathological subtype, parathyroid injury, and parathyroid hormone levels, and assesses the ability of preoperative and postoperative parathyroid hormone levels and changes therein at various time points to predict postoperative hypocalcemia. It also discusses the protection of the parathyroid glands in situ by tracer techniques during total thyroidectomy. The various studies that have concluded that parathyroid injury is the most important indicator of postoperative hypocalcemia among these risk factors are reviewed. It is important for general surgeons to know how to avoid intraoperative parathyroid injury, which will contribute to the prevention of hypocalcemia.
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