Endocrine Abstracts

The gold standard for the surgical cure of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) for many years was cervical exploration under general anaesthetic, identification of 4 parathyroid glands and removal of enlarged/abnormal glands. Despite cure rates in expert hands of 98% with minimal morbidity the surgical management of PHPT is changing.PHPT in most cases (85%) is caused by single gland disease. The advances in preoperative localisation of abnormal parathyroi...