TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of incomplete parathyroidectomy preserving entire parathyroid glands on renal graft function
AU  - Kaaden S, Emmanouilidis N, Beckmann JH, et al
Y1  - 2011/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.138
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 704
EP  - 710
VL  - 146
IS  - 6
N2  - 
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism (tHPT) is present in up to 17% of renal transplant recipients.1 Most clinicians consider tHPT with hypercalcemia to be the main indication for parathyroidectomy (PT) after renal transplant.2 The prevalence of posttransplant PT reported recently3- 8 ranges from 0.9% to 5.6%. The success of the surgical procedure is determined by permanent absence of hypercalcemia and HPT after the intervention. To achieve this goal, reported5- 6,9- 11 strategies range from complete PT without autotransplantation of parathyroid tissue to incomplete PT with preservation of 3 normal-sized parathyroid glands (PGs). In most of these studies, it was assumed that an amount of parathyroid tissue equivalent to approximately 2 normal-sized PGs should be retained in patients who have undergone renal transplant.2,11

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.138
ER  -