title: Surgical management of recurrent and persistent hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: Recurrent or persistent hypercalcemia following exploration of the parathyroid constitutes a failure in interpretation of the pathology or surgical judgment, or both. Of the 12 patients who fit the criteria for these diagnoses, the reasons for their failure and considerations important in mapping reoperative strategy resulted in their becoming normocalcemic 18 months postoperatively.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous