Through these incisions, small laparoscopic instruments (about the diameter of the pen) are passed under the skin and down to the thyroid or parathyroid. Standard laparoscopic techniques are then used ...

Stechman et al. 1 address the issue of the efficacy and safety of parathyroidectomy in the elderly by a subgroup analysis of 56 patients aged ≥75 years (mean age 79 years) from a cohort of 224 ...

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring during the surgical procedure can confirm the removal of all hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue, as the half-life of PTH is approximately 5 min.