Endocrine Abstracts

Care of patients (pts.) with hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) is a challenge, because pts. are usually not treated with the absent hormone, but with several forms of vitamine D. We retrospectively evaluated the data of pts. with HypoPT in three endocrine centres in Germany.Methods: Records of 711 pts. with HypoPT (Centre 1 (C1): n=381, C2: n=253, C3: n=77) were reviewed (female: 592, male: 119). The following data under treatment (t...

Background: Hypocalcemia is one of the most frequent complications after thyroid surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical relevance, outcome, follow-up and management of patients with incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery.Subjects and methods: Two hundred and thirty-one patients (5.2%, 200 females and 31 males) of 4206 operated patients, which presented between 1989 and 2007 in our out-patient endocrine department, suf...