A lady comes to you after few days of her surgery for retrosternal goiter. She's complaining of high-pitched whistling sound during breathing . On examination, there's no swelling in the neck region. What could be the diagnosis? 1.

Tracheomalacia 2. Haematoma of neck 3. Vocal cord paralysis 4. Hypocalcaemia Answer: Hypocalcaemia is most commonly seen in such surgery. Parathyroids are usually damaged in such surgeries causing hypocalcaemia on third or fourth day after surgery.