ea0014p308 | (1) | ECE2007
Athanassiou Evangelos
, Christodoulidis Gregory
, Hatzitheofilou Constantinos
, Tepetes Constantinos
, Zacharoulis Demetrios
, Tzovaras George
, Euthymiou Manthos
Objective: Clinically apparent hypocalcaemia following total thyroidectomy occurs in 2025% of patients subjected to total thyroidectomy, in 2-4% of these patients the hypocalcaemia is permanent. Treatment by per-os or iv administration of calcium supplements and vitamin D is suggested when the serum calcium concentration falls bellow a critical level, either before or whenever the patients develop clinical symptoms of tetany. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ...