Incidence of Hypoparathyroidism After Thyroid Cancer Surgery in South Korea, 2007-2016

Song Vogue Ahn; Joon-Hyop Lee; Erin Allana Bove-Fenderson; So Young Park; Michael Mannstadt; Sihoon Lee

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.19641

Incidence of Hypoparathyroidism After Thyroid Cancer Surgery in South Korea, 2007-2016

JAMA. 2019 Dec 24;322(24):2441-2443. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.19641.

Authors

Song Vogue Ahn¹, Joon-Hyop Lee², Erin Allana Bove-Fenderson³, So Young Park⁴, Michael Mannstadt³, Sihoon Lee⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Convergence, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
² Department of Surgery, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
³ Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Korea Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.

Abstract

This study uses South Korean administrative database data to assess changes in incidence of postthyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism during a period of fluctuations in thyroid cancer screening and surgery between 2007 and 2016.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Confidence Intervals
Humans
Hypoparathyroidism / epidemiology*
Hypoparathyroidism / etiology
Incidence
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Republic of Korea / epidemiology
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
Thyroidectomy / adverse effects*
Thyroidectomy / trends
Ultrasonography