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THE SURGERY OF HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Author(s) -
ADIE ROSS,
TAYLOR SELWYN
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb110624.x
Subject(s) - hyperparathyroidism , medicine , general surgery , surgery
Fifty consecutive patients who underwent parathyroid exploration at Hammersmith Hospital, London, are reviewed. The clinical features, biochemical data and pathological investigations are described. Surgical technique and methods available to help identify the parathyroid glands are discussed.