Predicting Risk Factors of Postoperative Hypocalcemia After Total Thyroidectomy

Aix Marseille Université

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypoparathyroidism

Treatments: Other: analysis of hypocalcemia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04372225

ArixMU

Details and patient eligibility

About

With increasing economic pressures to shorten the length of hospital stay, there has been much recent interest in studying risk factors for the development of postoperative hypocalcemia.

The aim of this study was to investigate in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy whether serum calcium and/or PTH levels can predict hypoparathyroidism.

Full description

Our study consists of analyzing the calcium (mmol/l) and PTH (pmol/l) levels on the first postoperative day. Postoperative treatment with calcium and vitamin D and the length of hospital stay is also taken into consideration.

We also analyze post-operative complications.

Enrollment: 477 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Total thyroidectomy

Exclusion criteria

• concomitant parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism
• lobectomy only
• completion thyroidectomy
• central and lateral neck dissection
• patients with calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation prior surgery
• patients with known and significant osteoporosis and renal failure

Trial design

477 participants in 1 patient group

477 patients

Description:

the biological tests of 477 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy were analyzed

Treatment:

Other: analysis of hypocalcemia