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Oct 2026
Incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery and postoperative hypocalcemia: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Background Postoperative hypocalcemia is the most frequent metabolic complication of thyroidectomy, and incidental parathyroidectomy (IPT) is a commonly cited but incompletely characterized contributor. Despite a substantial published literature, the independent clinical impact of IPT on postoperative calcium homeostas...
Nuha A. Alsaleh, Khadija M. Al-Khawaja, Abdullah S. Al-Darwish et al.
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