ea0013p85 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2007
Simpson Helen
, Fisher Simon
, Gurnell Ellie
, McFarlane Ian
, Berman Lawrence
, Balan K
, Chatterjee Krish
, Wishart Gordon
Aim: Focussed parathyroidectomy is an established technique in subjects where imaging has identified a single parathyroid lesion. The aim of this study was to examine the long-term cure rate following this procedure.Method: Of 188 patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism between 2001 and 2006, 150 had a single parathyroid lesion on imaging using sestamibi +/− neck ultrasound. These patients were treated by focused parathyroidecto...