Should female patients undergoing parathyroid-sparing total thyroidectomy receive routine prophylaxis for transient hypocalcemia?

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 533-536

  Bove, Aldo ^a   Bongarzoni, G ^a   Dragani, G ^a   Serafini, F ^a   Di Iorio, A ^a   Palone, G ^a   Stella, S ^a   Corbellini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 3142664874     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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