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Trends in using intraoperative parathyroid monitoring during parathyroidectomy: Protocol and rationale for a cross-sectional survey study of North American surgeons
Abstract
ABSTRACT Introduction Hyperparathyroidism is a common endocrine disorder that can be secondary to a single or multiple abnormal parathyroid glands and can occur in the context of chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are three types of hyperparathyroidism, and all are definitively managed via surgical extirpation of abnormal parathyroid gland tissue. Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) monitoring was introduced over three decades ago and …
Authors
Staibano P; McKechnie T; Thabane A; Xie M; Zhang H; Gupta MK; Au M; Pasternak JD; Parpia S; Young J
DOI
10.1101/2024.03.13.24304237
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medRxiv