Prevalence and risk factors for hypoparathyroidism following total thyroidectomy in Spain: a multicentric and nation-wide retrospective analysis.
Juan José DíezEmma AndaJulia SastreBegoña Pérez CorralCristina Álvarez-EscoláLaura ManjónMiguel PajaMarcel SamboPiedad Santiago FernándezConcepción Blanco CarreraJuan C GalofréElena NavarroCarles ZafónEva SanzAmelia OleagaOrosia BandrésSergio DonnayAna MegíaMaría PicalloCecilia Sánchez RagnarssonGloria Baena-NietoJosé Carlos Fernández GarcíaBeatriz LecumberriManel Sahún de la VegaAna R Romero-LluchPedro IglesiasPublished in: Endocrine (2019)
Although most patients with postsurgical hypoparathyroidism recover parathyroid function, the prevalence of permanent disease in clinical practice is non negligible (14.5%). Postoperative calcium, extent and timing of surgery, the presence of cancer, expert surgical team, and parathyroid tissue at histology are predictors of permanent hypoparathyroidism.