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Parathyroid Surgery: All Four Parathyroid Glands Should Be Examined!
Because 30% of people with hyperparathyroidism will have more than one parathyroid tumor, the most successful parathyroid surgery only happens when surgeons examine all four parathyroid glands. This...
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Parathyroid Adenomas Located in the Chest: No Worries, Chest Parathyroid...
Parathyroid tumors located in the chest can almost always be removed via a small neck incision. Don’t split your sternum open to remove a parathyroid adenoma in your chest! Parathyroid glands are...
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Vocal Cord Nerve Damage During Parathyroid Surgery is Increased with Nerve...
Thyroid and parathyroid surgeons have been told that monitoring vocal cord laryngeal nerves during surgery may decrease the incidence of vocal cord nerve injury, but the data shows vocal cord nerve...
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Intra-Operative PTH Assay: Exposing the Problems with Measuring PTH in the...
Measuring parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the operating room has some theoretical benefits, but in real life, the intra-operative PTH assay (io-PTH testing) doesn’t really help and may hurt. Measuring...
View ArticleParathyroid Surgery Mistakes: Lessons Learned About Chosing a Parathyroid...
The last four years of my life have been miserable because of mistakes I made when choosing my parathyroid surgeon. I have written this blog and asked the Blog Editor David Moon to post it for me,...
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