Potential benefit of oral calcium/vitamin D administration for prevention of symptomatic hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy

Potential benefit of oral calcium/vitamin D administration for prevention of symptomatic hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy

To evaluate routine oral calcium and vitamin D administration for preventing symptoms of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. A total of 487 consecutive patients were prospectively randomized into two groups in terms of routine oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation: In the control group (244...

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Veröffentlicht in:Endocrine regulations (Bratislava) 2007-03, Vol.41 (1), p.35-39
Hauptverfasser: Kurukahvecioglu, Osman, Karamercan, Ahmet, Akin, Murat, Tezel, Ekmel, Ege, Bahadir, Taneri, Ferit, Onuk, Erhan
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Sprache:eng
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Administration, Oral
Calcium - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Hypocalcemia - etiology
Hypocalcemia - prevention & control
Length of Stay
Male
Thyroid Gland - surgery
Thyroidectomy - adverse effects
Treatment Outcome
Vitamin D - therapeutic use
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate routine oral calcium and vitamin D administration for preventing symptoms of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. A total of 487 consecutive patients were prospectively randomized into two groups in terms of routine oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation: In the control group (244 patients) the treatment was not routinely started after surgery, whereas the treated group (243 patients) received routine supplementation that started on postoperative day 1. Patients of treated group had only minor hypocalcemia symptoms, whereas 7 patients of control group experienced carpopedal spasm as a major symptom (p
ISSN:1210-0668