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Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse the risk factors associated with transient hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia separately.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 300 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy were enroled. The median age of the study population was 41 years, and 70% were females. Histopathological examination showed that 80.3% had thyroid cancer. The incidence of postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism was 26.7%, while postoperative transient hypocalcaemia was 12.3%. Multivariate analysis showed that the presence of hypothyroidism before surgery (OR\u2009=\u20093.230, 95% CI: 1.368\u20137.624,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.007), performing central compartment neck dissection (CCND) (OR\u2009=\u20092.196, 95% CI: 1.133\u20134.257,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02) and parathyroid gland in the surgical specimen (OR\u2009=\u20095.547, 95% CI: 3.065\u201310.036,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.0001) were independent predictors of postoperative transient hypoparathyroidism. Female gender (OR\u2009=\u20092.689, 95% CI: 1.049\u20136.895,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.039), presence of parathyroid in the surgical specimen (OR\u2009=\u20091.067, 95% CI: 0.367\u20138.438,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004) and performing CCND (OR\u2009=\u20092.192, 95% CI: 0.990\u20134.850,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.05) were independent predictors of postoperative transient hypocalcaemia.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery are common, and most of them are transient. The independent predictors of hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia differ. Hypoparathyroidism appears to be a better predictor for patients who will develop postoperative hypocalcaemia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1530\/eo-24-0022","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,23]],"date-time":"2024-10-23T13:33:54Z","timestamp":1729690434000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1530\/crossmarkpolicy-15","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Predictors of hypocalcaemia and hypoparathyroidism in patients undergoing thyroidectomy for benign and malignant pathologies"],"prefix":"10.1530","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Jino Johns","family":"Lalitha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natarajan","family":"Ramalingam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Remya","family":"Rajan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4750-8111","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Jeyashanth","family":"Riju","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antony Abraham","family":"Paulose","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rajiv Charles","family":"Michael","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amit Jiwan","family":"Tirkey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Twisha","family":"Adhikari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shalini","family":"Sahu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R","family":"Nagayazhini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"416","reference":[{"key":"bib1","series-title":"Endocrine","first-page":"276","article-title":"Incidence and predictive factors of postoperative hypocalcaemia according to type of thyroid surgery in older adults","volume":"75","author":"Barbier","year":"2022","unstructured":"Barbier MPMingote ESforza NMoros\u00e1n Allo YLotartaro MSerrano LFossati MPMero\u00f1o TFaingold CSedlinsky C, et al. 2022 Incidence and predictive factors of postoperative hypocalcaemia according to type of thyroid surgery in older adults. 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