Muhammad Umar, Naseem Baloch, Zahid Mehmood, Mansab Ali, Asghar Ali.
Transient Hypocalcaemia in Total Versus Near Total Thyroidectomy.
J Surg Pak Jan ;22(3):87-91.

Objective: To compare the frequency of transient hypocalcaemia in total versus near total thyroidectomy. Study design: Randomised controlled trial. Place & Duration of study: Department of General Surgery, Surgical ward 2, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi, from April 2015 to January 2016. Methodology: Patients of thyroid diseases with no lymph node involvement, were included in this study. Patients were randomly divided into two groups, A and B. Total thyroidectomy was performed in group A and near total thyroidectomy in group B. Final assessment was done at the end of 4th week postoperatively to label the patient as having transient hypocalcaemia. Results: A total of 128 patients of thyroid diseases were enrolled with 64 patients each group. Mean age of the patients was 32.19±6.31 year. Frequency of hypocalcaemia was significantly high in group A as compared to group B (12.5% vs. 3.1% p=0.048). Conclusion: The frequency of hypocalcaemia was more in patients who underwent with total thyroidectomy.

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