Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Pre-operative localisation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has been based on ultrasound (US) of neck and MIBI scans with an expectation that solitary parathyroid adenomas (PA) would be localised with reasonable accuracy and sensitivity, to enable mini-parathyroidectomy. The aim of our audit was to assess the utility of both these imaging in patients with parathyroid adenoma.Method: Retrospective analysis was performed on all patients who had s...

Aim: Nutritional abnormalities are common after bariatric surgery and it is vitally important to assess and replace them pre-operatively to ease management post-operatively. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of various metabolic abnormalities at first visit to a tertiary combined bariatric endocrine clinic.Methods: Data was collected on 200 patients referred for consideration of bariatric surgery. Being a retrospective analysis and theref...