Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The objective of this study is to detect whether the correction of hypomagnesaemia would help to relief the symptoms of hypocalcaemia that occurs after thyroidectomy. Methods: This prospective study comprised 35 patients who had thyroidectomy between September 2001 and June 2002. Thirteen patients had total thyroidectomy (TT), thirteen had total lobectomy on one side and subtotal lobectomy on the other side (TLSL) and nine patients had hemi...