ea0006p41 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | SFE2003
Honour J
, Phillips I
, Hodkinson R
, Nelson D
, Kurzawinski T
The outcome of parathyroid surgery is often not clear for at least 24 hours after an operation. Frozen section is not always helpful in distinguishing between adenoma and hyperplasia. Minimally invasive surgical techniques are being refined so the need for perioperative assurance about the effects of surgery has increased. PTH assays have been adapted to give results in less than 20 minutes. We have tested the value of intraoperative PTH measurements in 10 surgical cases under...