Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Preoperative ultrasonography or Sestamibi scanning (or both) of the parathyroid glands could facilitate a focused or minimally invasive surgical approach. In this audit, we wanted to find out whether one form of imaging is superior to the other in correctly identifying a parathyroid adenoma, later confirmed on histology.Methods: Data were collected from consecutive patients who underwent parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism, co...