Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism, state of the art surgical management.
This article reviews the current surgical management of patients with secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism. The focus is on innovative surgical strategies that have improved the care of these patients over the past 10 to 15 years. Modalities such as intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring and radioguided probe utilization are discussed.
Pitt
Susan C
SC
Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792-3284, USA.
Sippel
Rebecca S
RS
Chen
Herbert
H
D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence