Impact of oral administration of calcitriol to prevent symptomatic hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Parisa A DadkhahAmirali FarshidReza KhademiShayan YaghoubiAilin AsadzadehNima MoharamnejadFaezeh JadidianSeyed A ZiaeiSepehr HaghshoarOmid SalimiSeyyed-Ghavam ShafaghNegin RabieiSaleh ShahsavariSamin ShokraviZahra MaroufiNiloofar DeraviGisou ErabiMahdyieh NaziriPublished in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2024)
Pre-operative calcitriol supplementation leads to higher calcium levels, but the high heterogeneity of the included studies (79% to 98.7%) could affect the results.