Minimally invasive, video-assisted parathyroid surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism.
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.
Miccoli
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P
Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università di Pisa, Italy.
Pinchera
A
A
Cecchini
G
G
Conte
M
M
Bendinelli
C
C
Vignali
E
E
Picone
A
A
Marcocci
C
C
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
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone