SEATTLE -- Parathyroidectomy helped reverse disrupted levels of inflammatory cytokines and vitamin D metabolites in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a researcher suggested here. After ...

Parathyroidectomy is curative in primary hyperparathyroidism, but elderly patients are often denied this treatment owing to concerns over operative risks and doubts over efficacy of the intervention ...

Adults with mild hyperparathyroidism who underwent a parathyroidectomy did not have a difference in fracture events at 10 years compared with adults who did not undergo surgery, according to study ...

Secondary hyperparathyroidism of hemodialysis patients is associated with hypertension. Parathyroidectomy might cause a mild and gradual decrease in blood pressure. We describe a case series of severe ...

Incidence of new-onset depression was no lower for adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) treated with early parathyroidectomy compared with nonoperative management, observational Veterans ...

Researchers published the study covered in this summary on Research Square as a preprint that has not yet been peer reviewed. Following PTX, PTH levels fell and cognitive scores improved, but surgery ...

Early parathyroidectomy within 1 year of diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) did not reduce the risk of a sustained decline in kidney function, measured by a decline in estimated ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of two devices that provide real-time location of parathyroid tissue during surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy (surgery to ...

Baseline intact parathyroid hormone levels do not appear to be predictive of a surgical cure and are not recommended as a decisive factor to perform parathyroidectomy surgery for patients with primary ...

From the Surgical Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Read at the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Section of Surgery, June 4, 1935. Cope, Oliver — Assistant in Surgery ...