title: Surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: an institutional perspective.
abstract: Three hundred and eighty-four consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) were surgically treated at a single institution during the 2 year period 1983 through 1984. Two patients were found to have benign familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and a single patient had parathyroid carcinoma. In the remaining 379 patients, the cure rate was 99.5%, the operative mortality 0.3%, persistent vocal cord paralysis 0.8%, and permanent hypocalcemia 0.3%. This data supports a liberal policy regarding cervical exploration in patients with HPT and questions any policy of observation without surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Heerden
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications