Post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemic syndrome: predictive value of early PTH. Preliminary results.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine an early measured serous PTH cut-off value below which it's possible to predict post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia outbrake.

Materials Of Study: Ninety-three consecutive patients having a benign thyroid pathology were submitted to total thyroidectomy. In all the patients serous post-surgery intact PTH and total calcium were measured within an hour from weaning.

Necrotizing fasciitis. Case report.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an infection localized at the fascial structures (both the superficial and deep ones) layering the muscles though never affecting them. NF death rate is very high (20-40%). NF can be a post-surgery, traumatic or infective complication and its prognosis quoad vitam is fatal without a timely and correct therapy.

[Some ecomorphologic aspects of nodular goiter].

Aim Of The Study: Determine microcalcifications' rule in nodular goiter, to classify those calcifications and identify US features suspect for tumoral pathology.

Material And Methods: In Endocrine Surgery Unit we ultrasonographically detected 655 patients in a period of twelve months (Jan to Dec 2005). Patients aged from 22 to 75 years.