CellWell record HH-564250
Effectiveness of perioperative calcium and vitamin D supplementation in preventing post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia: network meta-analysis of randomized trials
Vasileios Gkanis; Dimitrios Papaconstantinou; Sophocles Lanitis; Nikolaos Dafnios; Ioannis Papakonstantinou; Konstantinos Nastos
2026
In plain language
In a network meta-analysis of 20 randomized trials (3669 patients), perioperative calcium plus vitamin D analogues reduced hypocalcaemia and intravenous calcium use after thyroidectomy more than calcium alone or no supplementation.
- Evidence
- Established
- Design
- Meta-analysis
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