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Table 3 Frequency of post-operative complications and replacement therapy

From: Characteristics, management and outcomes of primary hyperparathyroidism from 2009 to 2021: a single centre report from South Africa

 

n

%

Complication

84

 

 Hypocalcaemia

30

35.7

  Transient

17

20.2

  Permanent

13

15.5

 Hungry Bone Syndrome

14

16.6

 Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

0

0

 Bleeding

0

0

 Infection

0

0

Treatment for Hypocalcaemia

n:30

35.7

 Intravenous Calcium

14

46.7

 Oral Calcium

19

63.3

 One-Alpha Calcidiol

13

43.3

 No replacement

11

36.7