Parathyroidectomy is curative in primary hyperparathyroidism, but elderly patients are often denied this treatment owing to concerns over operative risks and doubts over efficacy of the ...

so the delayed normalization of PTH appears to be probably caused by the excessive manipulation during the minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. In 6 patients, in which a >50% decrease of PTH in ...

Parathyroidectomy is the surgical removal of one or more of the (usually) four parathyroid glands. This procedure is used to remove an adenoma or hyperplasia of these glands when they are ...

Fellows will participate in advanced thyroid cancer operations, minimally invasive techniques of parathyroidectomy (including radio-guided surgery and rapid PTH assay), central and lateral neck ...

Kuy et al.now report the findings of a large, population-based investigation of pregnant women who underwent parathyroidectomy or thyroidectomy. 1 The researchers found that pregnancy is an ...

188 patients underwent a focused parathyroidectomy associated to a rapid intraoperative PTH assay monitoring. All patients had normal renal function (serum creatinine value ranging from 0.7 to 1.2 ...