Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Persistent primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) occurs in 2.5 to 15% of cases after parathyroidectomy. Pre-operative localization studies (usually 99mTc-MIBI and cervical ultrasonography (US)) allow focused surgical approach (unilateral neck exploration or minimally invasive parathyroidectomy). Few studies have evaluated the best pre-reoperative approaches in case of persistent sporadic pHPT. The aim of our study is to evaluate the value of a second pre-...

Introduction: Health-related Quality of Life (HR-QoL) is usually impaired in patients with thyroid diseases compared to the general population. Thyroidectomy is largely performed in case of benign thyroid disease, and can be associated with severe long-term complications: vocal cord palsy (VCP), hypoparathyroidism. Our goal was to report the long-term HR-QoL outcomes after thyroidectomy using the MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) self-questionnaire.<p class="abs...