Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The only curative treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is surgery. Accurate pre-operative localization of abnormal parathyroid glands is an essential prerequisite to reduce the complication risk associated with surgery. We aimed to determine the diagnostic value of jugular venous sampling (JVS) in cases of pHPT in which the location of parathyroid adenomas could not be determined through various preoperative imaging studies.Metho...