Surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism: What is the best approach?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 236, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 552-553

  Chen, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

BILATERAL NECK EXPLORATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL NECK EXPLORATION;

ADENOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036830124     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200211000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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