Reoperation for parathyroid adenoma: a contemporary experience.
Powell AC, Alexander HR, Chang R, Marx SJ, Skarulis M, Pingpank JF, Bartlett DL, Hughes M, Weinstein LS, Simonds WF, Collins MF, Shawker T, Chen CC, Reynolds J, Cochran C, Steinberg SM, Libutti SK.
Powell AC, et al. Among authors: libutti sk.
Surgery. 2009 Dec;146(6):1144-55. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.015.
Surgery. 2009.
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RESULTS: A missed adenoma was suspected pre-operatively in 163 patients. Reoperation resulted in long-term resolution of hypercalcemia in 92%. Adenomas were in entopic locations in 32%; the most frequent ectopic location was the thymus (20%). ...
RESULTS: A missed adenoma was suspected pre-operatively in 163 patients. Reoperation resulted in long-term resolution of hypercalcemi …