title: [Surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism. A descriptive analysis].
abstract: In the last decades the primary hyperparthyroidism has become a common disease, often diagnosed by biochemical chance. The Elche General Hospital Department of Otorhinolaryngology has performed 55 parathyroidectomies between November 1996 and March 2003. Thirty-six cases (65.4%) were diagnosed as primary hyperparathyroidism. This disease usually has few symptoms. Since February 2000, Elche Hospital has available a device for quick appraisal of parathormone rate, allowing us in a few minutes to determine it and with the patient still in the operating theatre. The surgery results were: 25 solitary adenomas, 6 double adenomas and 5 hyperplasic. All patients became normocalcemic, and there were no major complications in this series.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Otorrinolaringología del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia. fferrerb@comv.es
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrer Baixauli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz Barranco
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alberola Terol
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Espuch Núñez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martín del Guayo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Infante Matarredona
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D016105:Parathyroidectomy
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone