Development of a tool to calculate the probability of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy: a prospective study.

Carlos Segundo Paiva Soares Katia Hiromoto Koga Sonia Marta Moriguchi Simone Antunes Terra José Vicente Tagliarini Pedro Henrique Dalmolin de Vasconcelos Affonso Monise da Silva Pechutti Gláucia Maria Ferreira da Silva Mazeto

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2024)

The percentage of decrease in PTH level 1 h and 8 h postoperatively and the magnesium level on the 2nd day after surgery were predictors of more severe hypocalcemia, and an auxiliary tool for predicting this complication was developed.

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squamous cell carcinoma
drug induced