Preoperative Vitamin D for Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if pre-operative vitamin D supplementation lowers the incidence of post-operative transient or permanent hypoparathyroidism in patients undergoing total thyroidectomy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Alberta
• Treatments: Ergocalciferols; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing total thyroidecomty +/- CND

• Adult (age > or = 18)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known chronic kidney disease

• Known primary hyper or hypoparathyroidism

• Known hypoalbuminemia

• Concurrent use medications affecting calcium metabolism

• Completion hemithyroidectomy