title: Minimally invasive, video-assisted parathyroid surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: A new video-assisted surgical procedure for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism combined with intraoperative quick PTH measurement was developed. This procedure was successfully used in 6 patients with a single parathyroid adenoma preoperatively localized by neck ultrasound examination.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università di Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miccoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinchera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cecchini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bendinelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vignali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcocci
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone