The prevalence of hypoparathyroidism after thyroid surgery depending on the diagnosis, the extent of the procedure, and the presence of parathyroid glands in the postoperative examination

Introduction Postoperative hypoparathyroidism can be one of the complications associated with total thyroid removal due to cancer or benign goitre. Purpose The paper aimed to evaluate the prevalence of hypoparathyroidism in patients operated on due to thyroid cancer and nodular goitre, including procedures performed between January 2015 and March 2019 at the Department of Oncological Surgery of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice....