A Prospective Trial Evaluating a Standard Approach to Reoperation for Missed Parathyroid Adenoma

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Nora Jaskowiak · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Jeffrey A. Norton · National Institutes of Health

H. Richard Alexander · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

John L. Doppman · National Institutes of Health

Thomas H. Shawker · National Institutes of Health

Monica C. Skarulis · DNA Diagnostic (Denmark)

Stephen J. Marx

Abstract

A single missed parathyroid adenoma is the most common cause for a failed initial parathyroid operation. Appropriate use of preoperative imaging tests and knowledge of the potential location or parathyroid adenomas can lead to very high cure rates with minimal morbidity.

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Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

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Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 224, Issue 3, pp. 308-322

DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199609000-00007

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A Prospective Trial Evaluating a Standard Approach to Reoperation for Missed Parathyroid Adenoma

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