title: Historical note: the beginning of parathyroidectomy.
abstract: The paper describes briefly the major historical steps towards the development of the surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism. The first parathyroidectomies were carried out in 1925, in Europe and in the United States, independently from each other. The first surgeon in Vienna, F. Mandle, has received a rightly deserved place in the history of medicine, while in Boston the first patient is reminded mostly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Debruyne
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States