Surgical Hypoparathyroidism.
Surgical hypoparathyroidism is the most common cause of hypoparathyroidism and the result of intentional or inadvertent extirpation, trauma, or devascularization of the parathyroid glands. Surgical hypoparathyroidism may present as a medical emergency. Pediatric patients, those with Graves disease, and those undergoing extensive neck dissections or reoperative neck surgery are at particular risk for this complication. Extensive surgical expertise, immediate or delayed autotransplantation, and prophylactic and postoperative calcium/vitamin D supplementation in select patients are associated with a reduction in the risk of surgical hypoparathyroidism. Intraoperative parathyroid imaging is among novel strategies being investigated to mitigate surgical hypoparathyroidism in the intraoperative setting.
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- Thyroidectomy
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- Parathyroid Glands
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- Endocrinology & Metabolism
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- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Thyroidectomy
- Risk Factors
- Postoperative Complications
- Parathyroid Glands
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Humans
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
- 1103 Clinical Sciences