Journal
OBESITY SURGERY
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 1429-1434Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1381/0960892042583752
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biliopancreatic diversion; malnutrition; hypocalcemia; hypoparathyroidism; thyroidectomy; tetany
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Background: Patients who have undergone biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) show a high incidence of mild hypocalcemia, which may become symptomatic and life-treating after an extensive thyroid operation. Methods: 4 cases are reported of women who had undergone BPD, who subsequently underwent near-total thyroidectomy for extensive multinodular goiter. Results: The first patient developed severe symptomatic hypocalcemia with malnutrition in the long-term, that required elongation of the common limb of the BPD. The second and third patients developed severe symptomatic hypocalcemia immediately after the thyroidectomy. In the fourth patient, preventive and continuing intravenous administration of calcium gluconate was started in the early hours after the thyroidectomy and allowed a safe and fast discharge home. Conclusion: In patients who are,candidates for both thyroid and bariatric surgery, surgeons should carefully evaluate the opportunity to. perform the thyroidectomy first. BPD patients who later undergo thyroidectomy should be perioperatively routinely treated with intravenous calcium and, whenever appropriate, intravenous vitamin D, to allow a safe and rapid discharge.
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