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 ...

Parathyroidectomy is considered the first-line therapy but surgical intervention can be complicated by hungry bone syndrome. A male Caucasian patient presented with XLH, diagnosed at the age of 3 ...

The pharmacotherapies used for SHPT lack the safety data in pregnancy and may not adequately control severe disease. Existing literature on surgical parathyroidectomy in pregnancy is limited to the ...

Methods: Between 2003 and 2012, 188 patients underwent a focused parathyroidectomy associated to rapid intraoperative PTH assay monitoring. Blood samples were collected: 1) at pre-incision time ...

Significant advancements have been made in understanding pathophysiology and treatment of primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroidectomy, the surgical removal of the diseased parathyroid ...

All had severe hypercalcaemia (at least 3 mmol/l). Instead of the usual management, which involves hospitalisation in an intensive care environment (for about 5–7 days) for rehydration and infusion of ...

But, advancements in endocrine surgery at Johns Hopkins allow our surgeons to provide a scarless alternative to this procedure. In a scarless thyroidectomy, or scarless parathyroidectomy, the surgeon ...