Early Calcium Supplementation After Total Thyroidectomy Can Prevent Symptomatic Hypocalcemia - Findings from a Retrospective Study.

Introduction: Thyroidectomy for thyroid cancers and central neck dissection are considered as independent predictors of postoperative hypocalcemia. Post-surgical hypocalcemia is the most common and often the most difficult long-term consequence of thyroid surgeries. Management of hypocalcemia is done with calcium supplementation, but there is no consensus on the timing and the amount of calcium supplementation.