Open AccessApplicability of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay During Thyroidectomy
Author(s) -
ChungYau Lo,
John M. Luk,
Sidney C. F. Tam
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200211000-00005
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroidectomy , parathyroid hormone , calcium , surgery , parathyroidectomy , autotransplantation , urology , thyroid , transplantation
To evaluate the applicability of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (quick PTH) assay to monitor parathyroid function and to identify clinically significant hypocalcemia compared with postoperative serum calcium monitoring.