Open AccessIs intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring necessary in symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism with concordant imaging?
Author(s) -
C. Gopalakrishnan Nair,
Merin Babu,
Pradeep Jacob,
Riju Ramachandran,
Jacob Mathew
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.183451
Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , concordance , parathyroidectomy , scintigraphy , parathyroid hormone , radiology , hyperparathyroidism , referral , ultrasonography , surgery , calcium , family medicine
Symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is still seen frequently in referral centers all over India. These patients require parathyroidectomy and this study aimed to assess the roll of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay when concordant results of two localization studies were available.