Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Permanent hypoparathyroidism is the most common complication of thyroid surgery with a reported incidence of 2-10% depending on the observation time, extent of surgery and underlying disease, with higher risk for total thyroidectomy and Graves disease/thyroid cancer. European data on chronic hypoparathyroidism have been reported from several countries, especially Scandinavia. We therefore aimed to add more information from Central Europe.Meth...