Table 1 Blood biochemistry results.

	At presentation 6 months before surgery	Preoperative 5 months before surgery	Postoperative Day 2 post‐surgery	Normal range
Calcium (mmol/l)	2.73	2.77	2.16	2.22–2.66
Albumin (g/l)	35	34	30	35–50
Corrected calcium (mmol/l)	2.83	2.89	ND
Phosphate (mmol/l)	0.70	0.88	1.03	0.80–1.55
Alkaline phosphatase (U/l)	109	123	ND	35–120
Parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)	181	191	ND	10–85
Urea (mmol/l)		6.7	5.2	3.3–8.8
Creatinine (µmol/l)		51	55	40–110

ND, not done.