Influence of Surgical Volume on Operative Failures for Hyperparathyroidism

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 237-248

  Zarebczan, Barbara ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; NECK; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; NECK; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79961196426     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

References (40)

1. Udelsman R. Six hundred fifty-six consecutive explorations for primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg 2002, 235(5):665-670. [discussion: 670-2].
2. Chen H., Pruhs Z., Starling J., et al. Intraoperative parathyroid hormone testing improves cure rates in patients undergoing minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Surgery 2005, 138(4):583-587. [discussion: 587-90].
3. Sosa J., Powe N., Levine M., et al. Profile of a clinical practice: thresholds for surgery and surgical outcomes for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a national survey of endocrine surgeons. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998, 83(8):2658-2665.
4. Thompson G., Grant C., Perrier N., et al. Reoperative parathyroid surgery in the era of sestamibi scanning and intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring. Arch Surg 1999, 134(7):699-704. [discussion: 704-5].
5. Doherty G.M. Parathyroid glands. Greenfield's surgery: scientific principles and practice 2006, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia (PA). 4th edition. M.W. Mulholland (Ed.).
6. Clark O., Wilkes W., Siperstein A., et al. Diagnosis and management of asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism: safety, efficacy, and deficiencies in our knowledge. J Bone Miner Res 1991, 6(Suppl 2):S135-S142. [discussion: 151-2].
7. Solomon B., Schaaf M., Smallridge R. Psychologic symptoms before and after parathyroid surgery. Am J Med 1994, 96(2):101-106.
8. Adler J., Sippel R., Schaefer S., et al. Surgery improves quality of life in patients with "mild" hyperparathyroidism. Am J Surg 2009, 197(3):284-290.
9. Silverberg S., Gartenberg F., Jacobs T., et al. Increased bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1995, 80(3):729-734.
10. Bilezikian J., Khan A., Potts J.J., et al. Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism: summary statement from the third international workshop. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009, 94(2):335-339.
11. Chen H., Zeiger M., Gordon T., et al. Parathyroidectomy in Maryland: effects of an endocrine center. Surgery 1996, 120(6):948-952. [discussion: 952-3].
12. Lowney J., Weber B., Johnson S., et al. Minimal incision parathyroidectomy: cure, cosmesis, and cost. World J Surg 2000, 24(11):1442-1445.
13. Health NIo Hyperparathyroidism Available at:, Accessed October 1, 2010. http://endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/hyper/hyper.htm.
14. Memmos D., Williams G., Eastwood J., et al. The role of parathyroidectomy in the management of hyperparathyroidism in patients on maintenance haemodialysis and after renal transplantation. Nephron 1982, 30(2):143-148.
15. Triponez F., Clark O., Vanrenthergem Y., et al. Surgical treatment of persistent hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation. Ann Surg 2008, 248(1):18-30.
16. Kerby J., Rue L., Blair H., et al. Operative treatment of tertiary hyperparathyroidism: a single-center experience. Ann Surg 1998, 227(6):878-886.
17. Kilgo M., Pirsch J., Warner T., et al. Tertiary hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation: surgical strategy. Surgery 1998, 124(4):677-683. [discussion: 683-4].
18. Mitchell J., Milas M., Barbosa G., et al. Avoidable reoperations for thyroid and parathyroid surgery: effect of hospital volume. Surgery 2008, 144(6):899-906. [discussion: 906-7].
19. Udelsman R., Donovan P. Remedial parathyroid surgery: changing trends in 130 consecutive cases. Ann Surg 2006, 244(3):471-479.
20. Hannan E., O'Donnell J., Kilburn H.J., et al. Investigation of the relationship between volume and mortality for surgical procedures performed in New York State hospitals. JAMA 1989, 262(4):503-510.
21. Lieberman M., Kilburn H., Lindsey M., et al. Relation of perioperative deaths to hospital volume among patients undergoing pancreatic resection for malignancy. Ann Surg 1995, 222(5):638-645.
22. Jollis J., Peterson E., DeLong E., et al. The relation between the volume of coronary angioplasty procedures at hospitals treating Medicare beneficiaries and short-term mortality. N Engl J Med 1994, 331(24):1625-1629.
23. Stavrakis A., Ituarte P., Ko C., et al. Surgeon volume as a predictor of outcomes in inpatient and outpatient endocrine surgery. Surgery 2007, 142(6):887-899. [discussion: 887-99].
24. Chen H., Wang T., Yen T., et al. Operative failures after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: the influence of surgical volume. Ann Surg 2010, 252(4):691-695.
25. Seehofer D., Steinmüller T., Rayes N., et al. Parathyroid hormone venous sampling before reoperative surgery in renal hyperparathyroidism: comparison with noninvasive localization procedures and review of the literature. Arch Surg 2004, 139(12):1331-1338.
26. Hessman O., Stålberg P., Sundin A., et al. High success rate of parathyroid reoperation may be achieved with improved localization diagnosis. World J Surg 2008, 32(5):774-781. [discussion: 782-3].
27. Conrad D., Olson J., Hartwig H., et al. A prospective evaluation of novel methods to intraoperatively distinguish parathyroid tissue utilizing a parathyroid hormone assay. J Surg Res 2006, 133(1):38-41.
28. Yen T., Wang T., Doffek K., et al. Reoperative parathyroidectomy: an algorithm for imaging and monitoring of intraoperative parathyroid hormone levels that results in a successful focused approach. Surgery 2008, 144(4):611-619. [discussion: 619-21].
29. Powell A., Alexander H., Chang R., et al. Reoperation for parathyroid adenoma: a contemporary experience. Surgery 2009, 146(6):1144-1155.
30. Prescott J., Udelsman R. Remedial operation for primary hyperparathyroidism. World J Surg 2009, 33(11):2324-2334.
31. Gold J., Donovan P., Udelsman R. Partial median sternotomy: an attractive approach to mediastinal parathyroid disease. World J Surg 2006, 30(7):1234-1239.
32. Chae A., Perricone A., Brumund K., et al. Outpatient video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for ectopic mediastinal parathyroid adenoma: a case report and review of the literature. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2008, 18(3):383-390.
33. Cook M., Pitt S., Schaefer S., et al. A rising ioPTH level immediately after parathyroid resection: are additional hyperfunctioning glands always present? An application of the Wisconsin Criteria. Ann Surg 2010, 251(6):1127-1130.
34. Cayo A., Sippel R., Schaefer S., et al. Utility of intraoperative PTH for primary hyperparathyroidism due to multigland disease. Ann Surg Oncol 2009, 16(12):3450-3454.
35. Irvin G.R., Molinari A., Figueroa C., et al. Improved success rate in reoperative parathyroidectomy with intraoperative PTH assay. Ann Surg 1999, 229(6):874-878. [discussion: 878-9].
36. Chen H., Mack E., Starling J. A comprehensive evaluation of perioperative adjuncts during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: which is most reliable?. Ann Surg 2005, 242(3):375-380. [discussion: 380-3].
37. Murphy C., Norman J. The 20% rule: a simple, instantaneous radioactivity measurement defines cure and allows elimination of frozen sections and hormone assays during parathyroidectomy. Surgery 1999, 126(6):1023-1028. [discussion: 1028-9].
38. Cayo A., Chen H. Radioguided reoperative parathyroidectomy for persistent primary hyperparathyroidism. Clin Nucl Med 2008, 33(10):668-670.
39. Pitt S., Panneerselvan R., Sippel R., et al. Radioguided parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism in the reoperative neck. Surgery 2009, 146(4):592-598. [discussion: 598-9].
40. Chen H., Sippel R., Schaefer S. The effectiveness of radioguided parathyroidectomy in patients with negative technetium tc 99m-sestamibi scans. Arch Surg 2009, 144(7):643-648.