Background: Prediction of postoperative hypocalcemia is a fundamental issue in thyroidectomy. Indocyanine green (ICG) angiography of parathyroid glands is a feasible method to detect the perfusion of parathyroid glands and predict postoperative hypocalcemia.
Materials And Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted at Ain Shams University Hospitals between April 2018 and April 2021. The included cases of total thyroidectomy underwent intraoperative ICG fluorescence angiography to identify the four parathyroid glands and score each gland according to the viability. Patients in which less than four glands were identified were excluded. Intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone (ioPTH) level assay was also measured to compare with ICG in predicting postoperative transient hypocalcemia.
Results: A total of 134 cases underwent total thyroidectomy during the study period. We could identify the four parathyroid glands in 90 patients, including them in the study. We had postoperative hypocalcemia in 28 cases (31.1%). The diagnostic accuracy of ICG angiography and ioPTH level assay was high and almost similar (82.22% versus 87.78%). Both were higher than the surgeons' diagnostic accuracy of visual inspection (62.22%).
Conclusions: ICG angiography of the parathyroid gland is a safe, reliable predictor for postoperative transient hypocalcemia with a high and almost similar accuracy compared to intraoperative parathyroid hormone level.
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Cureus
December 2024
General Surgery, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Brighton and Hove, GBR.
Ectopic parathyroid glands result from abnormal migration during development. If not detected promptly, they can lead to persistent or recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Inferior parathyroid glands are typically located in the anterior mediastinum, while superior parathyroid glands are often near the tracheoesophageal groove, both of which contribute to pHPT.
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Department of Endocrinology, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, China.
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