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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with mild hyperparathyroidism who underwent a parathyroidectomy did not have a difference in fracture ...

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

The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool predictions suggest patients who don’t meet guideline criteria for parathyroidectomy may nevertheless benefit from the surgery.

Most patients with mild, asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are identified incidentally, and rarely experience disease progression or complications within 10 years. Whether these patients ...

All three studies showed increased femur BMD after surgery... In patients with mild, asymptomatic PHPT, successful parathyroidectomy is followed by an improvement in BMD and in some parameters that ...

dialysis hemodialysis machine The hospitalization rate and number of hospital days increased significantly in the year after parathyroidectomy vs the year before, whereas dialysis visits and office ...

THE results of treatment of azotemic renal osteodystrophy are disappointing. 1–3 The possible efficacy of partial parathyroidectomy in selected cases was suggested by Dent, Harper and Philpot 1 and ...

HKUMed researchers find a significant association between PHPT and the risk of developing diabetes. Pictured (from right) are Dr Matrix Fung Man-him, Dr David Lui Tak-wai, Dr Liu Xiaodong, Professor ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared two devices that provide real-time location of parathyroid tissue during surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy, the ...

Parathyroidectomies for kidney transplant recipients with hyperparathyroidism should be timely and without removal of too much parathyroid hormone to avoid steep drops in intact parathyroid hormone, ...

Even though surgery to remove diseased parathyroid glands (also called parathyroidectomy) is not indicated in mild cases of hyperparathyroidism, it may in fact benefit such patients in some cases. The ...