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ea0016oc4.8 | Bone and adrenal | ECE2008

Incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery: outcome, follow-up and management of 231 patients treated between 1989 and 2007

Feldmann Berit , Bacher Konrad , Cordes Astrid , Grussendorf Martin

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...