Huge variations in definition and reported incidence of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism: a systematic review

The reported incidence of post surgical hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) varies greatly. Previous research suggests that the definition of HypoPT is not consistent in the literature. We therefore conducted a systematic review to investigate how HypoPT is defined and whether this definition, as well as the selected threshold for hypocalcemia affects the incidence. Using a predefined search string we identified all articles in PubMed reporting on the...