INTRODUCTION: The aim of this single centre retrospective observational record-based audit was to assess the incidence of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia. The setting was a district general hospital in Hertfordshire covering a population of 500,000 people. A total of 196 patients who had had total or completion thyroidectomy during a five-year period were included in the study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The primary outcome measure was to determine the rate of biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcaemia in patients undergoing total or completion thyroidectomy. Secondary outcome measures assessed time taken for biochemical and clinical hypocalcaemia to resolve, whether malignancy affected the rate of hypocalcaemia and if removal of parathyroid glands during surgery were a predictor of hypocalcaemia. RESULTS: The overall incidence of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia (PTHC) within 24 hours was 21.4%. The incidence increased from 6 hours (13.8%) to 24 hours post-thyroidectomy (15.8%) and there was evidence of both transient and delayed PTHC within the first 24 hours. By 6 months post-surgery, 3.6% remained hypocalcaemic and required continual oral supplementation. Patients with benign thyroid disease had a higher risk of PTHC (P = 0.04) and patients younger than 50 years of age had a higher risk of symptomatic hypocalcaemia (P = 0.016). Other clinical factors including sex, type of surgery, neck dissection, oral calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation and inadvertent histological parathyroid gland excision were not associated with an increased incidence of PTHC or symptomatic hypocalcaemia. CONCLUSIONS: Our audit shows that the rate of PTHC within our population was below the national average with higher risk in benign thyroid disease.
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this single centre retrospective observational record-based audit was to assess the incidence of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia. The setting was a district general hospital in Hertfordshire covering a population of 500,000 people. A total of 196 patients who had had total or completion thyroidectomy during a five-year period were included in the study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The primary outcome measure was to determine the rate of biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcaemia in patients undergoing total or completion thyroidectomy. Secondary outcome measures assessed time taken for biochemical and clinical hypocalcaemia to resolve, whether malignancy affected the rate of hypocalcaemia and if removal of parathyroid glands during surgery were a predictor of hypocalcaemia. RESULTS: The overall incidence of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia (PTHC) within 24 hours was 21.4%. The incidence increased from 6 hours (13.8%) to 24 hours post-thyroidectomy (15.8%) and there was evidence of both transient and delayed PTHC within the first 24 hours. By 6 months post-surgery, 3.6% remained hypocalcaemic and required continual oral supplementation. Patients with benign thyroid disease had a higher risk of PTHC (P = 0.04) and patients younger than 50 years of age had a higher risk of symptomatic hypocalcaemia (P = 0.016). Other clinical factors including sex, type of surgery, neck dissection, oral calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation and inadvertent histological parathyroid gland excision were not associated with an increased incidence of PTHC or symptomatic hypocalcaemia. CONCLUSIONS: Our audit shows that the rate of PTHC within our population was below the national average with higher risk in benign thyroid disease.
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