The second most frequent indication for intervention by an endocrine surgeon is primary
hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), classically a bilateral neck exploration. It is more than 25 years …

Objective: The surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has undergone
considerable advances over the past two decades. The purpose of this report is to review …

Purpose Preoperative localization procedures and the use of intraoperative parathyroidism
(iOPTH) have led to a shift of paradigm from bilateral neck exploration to focused …

Parathyroidectomy is the only curative treatment for primary hyperparathyroidism (HPTH).
The surgical approach to patients with primary HPTH has evolved since the first successful …

The human parathyroid glands, first described by Sandström in 1880, attracted interest
because they were subject to inadvertent removal or ischemic injury during radical thyroid …

Parathyroidectomy (PTX) is the treatment of choice for symptomatic primary
hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). It is also the treatment of choice in asymptomatic PHPT with …

Background Surgery is currently the only available cure for primary hyperparathyroidism [5].
Traditionally the indication for parathyroidectomy in pHPT has been symptomatic …

Background and Aims: In patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), parathyroid
imaging is nowadays routinely used for the purpose to perform a focused unilateral …

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is one of the most frequent endocrine diseases
worldwide. Surgery is the only potentially curable option for patients with this disorder, even …

We set out to determine the accuracy in predicting the success of biochemical and localizing
studies for use in a minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Preoperative sestamibi scans …