Demographics, biochemistry, indications for surgery, surgical intervention and tissue pathology of patients that underwent total or completion thyroidectomy.

Table 1: Demographics, biochemistry, indications for surgery, surgical intervention and tissue pathology of patients that underwent total or completion thyroidectomy.

Number of patients	98
Age	59.0 ± 1.6
Gender F/M	82/16
BMI	28.3 ± 0.53
Indication for Surgery Biopsy proven malignancy Goiter/compressive symptoms Multinodular Goiter Suspicious Nodule Hyperthyroidism (toxic nodule) Graves Disease	18 (18.3%) 15 (15.3%) 23 (23.4%) 27(27.5%) 2 (2.0 %) 15 (15.3%)
Type of Surgical Intervention Total Thyroidectomy Completion Thyroidectomy Lymph node dissection Parathyroid reimplantation	96 (97.9%) 2 (2%) 19(19.3%) 15 (15.3%)
Pathology Malignant Papillary Follicular Medullary	41/98 (41.8%) 39 (95%) 1 (2.4%) 1 (2.4%)
Albumin (g/dL)	3.56 ± 0.03
Pre-op calcium (mg/dl)	9.45 ± 0.06
Post-op calcium (mg/dl)	8.20 ± 0.06
Decrease in calcium mg/dl; (%)	-1.29 ± 0.12 (-15.7%)
iPTH (pg/ml)	52.2 ± 5.97

BMI: Body Mass Index; iPTH: Intraoperative PTH Levels; Shown are number of observations (n), percentage values, and means and SEM.