| Title |
Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency Predicts Postoperative Hypocalcemia After Total Thyroidectomy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, December 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-010-0872-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James Kirkby‐Bott, Haridimos Markogiannakis, Anita Skandarajah, Matthew Cowan, Bill Fleming, Fausto Palazzo |
| Abstract |
Transient postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia occurs in up to 30% of patients. We evaluated the effect of vitamin D deficiency on postthyroidectomy hypocalcemia. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 59 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 15% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Researcher | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 66% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |