Perioperative determinants of transient hypocalcemia after pediatric total thyroidectomy

We seek to identify risk factors associated with hypocalcemia after pediatric total thyroidectomy.We retrospectively reviewed patients younger than 21years undergoing total thyroidectomy between January 2002 and January 2016. We defined hypocalcemia as any serum calcium <8mg/dl or ionized calcium <1.0mmol/L. Perioperative risk factors were identified through multivariate logistic regression.Ninety-one children underwent total thyroidectomy. The...