Hypocalcemia historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vamsikrishna Gunnam M.B.B.S [2]Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [3]
Overview
Overview
The association between thyroid and parathyroid surgery and hypocalcemia was made by Billroth, Kocher, Mayo, and Halsted.
Historical Perspective
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- The association between thyroid and parathyroid surgery and hypocalcemia was made by Billroth, Kocher, Mayo, and Halsted.[1]
- Chvostek sign named after František Chvostek a Austrian-born surgeon in 1876.
- Later Chvostek sign was independently described by Nathan Weiss in 1883.
References
References
- ↑ Rogers-Stevane, Jennifer; Kauffman, Gordon L. (2008). “A Historical Perspective on Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands”. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America. 41 (6): 1059–1067. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2008.08.003. ISSN 0030-6665.
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