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• TITLE: Frequency of Hypocalcaemia after Thyroid Surgery in the Omdurman Military Hospital in 2018

  AUTHORS: Ali Hassan Ali Ahmed Adeel, Reham Abd Alhalem Hijo Khaleel, Sirag Abdelazim Sirag Elnor Elwasila, Mohammed Gibriel Badawi Ismail

  KEYWORDS: Thyroid Diseases, Hypocalcaemia, Thyroidectomy

  JOURNAL NAME: Surgical Science, Vol.14 No.2, February 23, 2023

  ABSTRACT: Background: Hypocalcaemia is a serious complication that may follows thyroid surgeries. So, the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of postoperative hypocalcaemia after thyroid surgery in Omdurman military hospital (Jan.-July 2018). Materials & Methods: In this retrospective facility based cross sectional study, 124 files were reviewed, the recorded data were age, sex, residence, diagnosis, type of surgery & postoperative calcium level, data were collected by a designed pretested checklist, data were analyzed by SPSS version 20 by using frequencies & cross tabulations, for postoperative hypocalcaemia. Results: Majority of the patients were between 21 - 41 years 49.2%, majority of them were females 83.9%. 97.6% of them underwent total thyroidectomy, 25% of the patients developed postoperative hypocalcaemia, also we found that there was no relation between sex, type of thyroid surgery & development of postoperative hypocalcaemia (P > 0.001). Conclusion: Our research showed that 25% of the patients who underwent thyroid surgery developed postoperative hypocalcaemia.