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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

The association between thyroid and parathyroid surgery and hypocalcemia was made by Billroth, Kocher, Mayo, and Halsted.

Historical Perspective

Discovery

• The association between thyroid and parathyroid surgery and hypocalcemia was made by Billroth, Kocher, Mayo, and Halsted.
• Chvostek sign named after František Chvostek  a Austrian-born surgeon in 1876.
• Later Chvostek sign was independently described by Nathan Weiss in 1883.