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ey0018.5-4 | Advances in clinical practice | ESPEYB18

5.4. Children are at a high risk of hypocalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy

de Jong Mechteld , Nounou Hassan , Garcia Virginia Rozalen , Christakis Ioannis , Brain Caroline , Abdel-Aziz Tarek E , Hewitt Richard J , Kurzawinski Tom R

J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jul;55(7):1260–1264 Abstract: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31383578/In brief: Hypoparathyroidism is a common complication after total thyroidectomy and has been reported to occur in 30% to 60% of adult patients. The current study of 106 pediatric patients undergoing total thyroidectomy between 1998–2018 reports that hypoparathyroidism was common, w...