Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate
thyroidectomy. Background: Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved …

The first thyroid surgery was most likely performed by Paulus in 500 AD [1]. In the 2000
years following the death of Paulus, surgery of the thyroid gland was approached by most …

The parathyroid glands are situated in close proximity to the thyroid gland. They have an
important endocrine function maintaining calcium and phosphate homeostasis in the body …

Background. Limited information exists about risk factors for postoperative
hypoparathyroidism after bilateral thyroid surgery. Methods. Between January 1 and …

Background: Morbidity is today's concern in thyroid surgery. The purpose of this paper was
to quantify risk factors' contribution to morbidity rates. Methods: During 50 months, 1,163 …

Objective: To investigate the pattern of nodal metastasis, morbidity, recurrence rates of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and parathyroid hormone (PTH) responses following …

Hypothesis Combined measurement of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and serum
calcium (sCa) levels is useful for predicting postoperative hypocalcemia with minimal …

Sodium (Na+) is the principal osmole in extracellular fluid; as such, the total body content of
Na+ and Cl-, its primary anion, determine the extracellular fluid volume. Renal excretion or …

Background Thyroid surgeries are among the most common operations performed in the
world. Hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy is a common complication that is …

BACKGROUND: We prospectively evaluated the possibility to make an early prediction of
postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia by postoperative intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) …