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  • Title: Surgical management strategies in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: which technique in which patients?
    Author: Koyuncu A, Dokmetaş HS, Aydin C, Turan M, Erselcan T, Sozeri S, Sen M.
    Journal: Med Princ Pract; 2005; 14(3):194-8. PubMed ID: 15863995.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: This study was planned to investigate the efficacy of either 99mTc-sestamibi scan or ultrasonography in predicting the operative treatment in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Thirty patients (25 female, 5 male; mean age: 53 years) being operated for symptomatic primary PHPT were included in this study. Ultrasonography was used in 29 patients while 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy was done in 28 patients to localize the hyperfunctioning gland(s). Standard bilateral neck exploration was done in 6 patients. Although unilateral intervention had been planned for 24 patients, bilateral intervention was performed in 9 of them. RESULTS: Sensitivity of 99mTc-sestamibi was 81%, while that of ultrasonography was 42%. 99mTc-sestamibi localization method led to misleading results in 10/28 (35.7%) patients. False-positive localization and accompanying thyroid pathologies played an important role in determining transition from unilateral to bilateral intervention. CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that bilateral intervention remains a successful management option without prior localization in patients with PHPT especially in an endemic goiter region.
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