This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Diane Fresquez rests on an operating table at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, a pale blue cap on her head. She’s having her two tiny parathyroid glands removed. But for this ...

Parathyroidectomy is curative in primary hyperparathyroidism, but elderly patients are often denied this treatment owing to concerns over operative risks and doubts over efficacy of the intervention ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of two devices that provide real-time location of parathyroid tissue during surgical procedures such as thyroidectomy (surgery to ...

Incidence of new-onset depression was no lower for adults with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) treated with early parathyroidectomy compared with nonoperative management, observational Veterans ...

India, May 31 -- Parathyroid problems masquerade as common problems of many other organs, misleading many medical specialists. The parathyroid glands are endocrine organs that secrete the parathyroid ...

Parathyroidectomy within the first year after a primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) diagnosis wasn't much help for preserving kidney function in older adults, an observational study suggested. Looking ...

Early parathyroidectomy within 1 year of diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) did not reduce the risk of a sustained decline in kidney function, measured by a decline in estimated ...