Clinical and laboratorial correlation of postoperative hypocalcemia after extensive thyroidectomy

The medical records of 84 patients submitted to extensive thyroidectomy from January 1991 to April 1995 were reviewed and the data was analyzed in order to verify a correlation between postoperative laboratories results and physical findings suggestive of hypocalcemia. It was verified that there was...

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Main Authors: Antonio José Gonçalves, Laércio Martins, Tania Regina Bastos de Souza, Paulo Jorge Correia Alves, Alexandre Schiola, Oswaldo Angel Bellido Rios, Adriana Ribeiro dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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