Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism, state of the art surgical management

Susan C Pitt; Rebecca S Sippel; Herbert Chen

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2009.06.011

Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism, state of the art surgical management

Surg Clin North Am. 2009 Oct;89(5):1227-39. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2009.06.011.

Authors

Susan C Pitt¹, Rebecca S Sippel, Herbert Chen

Affiliation

¹ Section of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792-3284, USA.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Hyperparathyroidism / diagnosis
Hyperparathyroidism / etiology
Hyperparathyroidism / surgery*
Monitoring, Intraoperative
Parathyroidectomy / methods*
Recurrence

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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