Typically, about 2% to 20% of SHPT patients experience recurrence or persistence after conventional parathyroidectomy procedures, likely due to residual parathyroid tissue. Purge parathyroidectomy ...

Surgical complications and symptom improvement, for example, did not differ significantly between total parathyroidectomy with and without autotransplantation. A recent systematic review and ...

The parathyroid glands are four small glands located in the neck. They regulate the amount of calcium in the blood. If the glands are over-functioning, an individual may need surgery to remove one or ...

SEATTLE -- Parathyroidectomy helped reverse disrupted levels of inflammatory cytokines and vitamin D metabolites in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a researcher suggested here. After ...

Adults with mild hyperparathyroidism who underwent a parathyroidectomy did not have a difference in fracture events at 10 years compared with adults who did not undergo surgery, according to study ...

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 intervention ...

Incidence of new-onset depression was no lower for adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) treated with early parathyroidectomy compared with nonoperative management, observational Veterans ...

BOSTON – For some patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, parathyroidectomy may be the cure. In a new study, nearly all patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) who had a preexisting diagnosis of ...

THE results of treatment of azotemic renal osteodystrophy are disappointing. 1–3 The possible efficacy of partial parathyroidectomy in selected cases was suggested by Dent, Harper and Philpot 1 and ...

Parathyroidectomy can be difficult, with poor outcomes if abnormal parathyroid tissue is not fully resected or if critical neck structures, such as the recurrent laryngeal nerves, are injured during ...

Pregnant women appear to have worse clinical and economic outcomes after thyroid and parathyroid surgery compared with women who are not pregnant, according to a new article. Pregnant women appear to ...