ea0021oc4.7 | Bone and parathyroid | SFEBES2009
Gopinath Preethi
, Sadler Gregory
, Mihai Radu
Background: Parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is followed by a decrease in the severity of symptoms reported on the Pasiekas parathyroid symptoms score (PPSS) questionnaires and such changes correlate with improved quality of life assessed by the SF36 questionnaire (World J Surg 2008 32 807). Some argue that these benefits are short-lived and only apparent in the first months postoperatively.Aim: To determine wh...