TITLE:
Frequency of Hypocalcaemia after Thyroid Surgery in the Omdurman Military Hospital in 2018
AUTHORS:
Ali Hassan Ali Ahmed Adeel, Reham Abd Alhalem Hijo Khaleel, Sirag Abdelazim Sirag Elnor Elwasila, Mohammed Gibriel Badawi Ismail
KEYWORDS:
Thyroid Diseases, Hypocalcaemia, Thyroidectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Surgical Science,
Vol.14 No.2,
February
23,
2023
ABSTRACT: Background: Hypocalcaemia is a serious complication that may follows thyroid
surgeries. So, the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of
postoperative hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery in Omdurman military hospital
(Jan.-July 2018). Materials & Methods: In this
retrospective facility based cross sectional study, 124 files were reviewed,
the recorded data were age, sex, residence, diagnosis, type of surgery &
postoperative calcium level, data were collected by a designed pretested
checklist, data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 by using frequencies & cross tabulations,
for postoperative hypocalcaemia. Results: Majority of the patients were
between 21 - 41 years 49.2%, majority of them were females 83.9%. 97.6% of them
underwent total thyroidectomy, 25% of the patients developed postoperative hypocalcaemia,
also we found that there was no relation between sex, type of thyroid surgery
& development of postoperative hypocalcaemia (P > 0.001). Conclusion: Our research showed that 25% of the patients who underwent thyroid surgery
developed postoperative hypocalcaemia.