Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of this study was to investigate: the incidence of postoperative paresis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and hypocalcemia; the frequency of incidental parathyroidectomy and the occurrence of hypocalcemia, and to find possible risk factors for hypocalcemia and RLN paresis.Material and methods: Retrospective analysis of 550 patients after total thyroidectomy (TT) or completion thyroidectomy (CT) after histologically confirmed thyroid carcino...