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ea0025p170 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | SFEBES2011

Simplified minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: a series of 100 cases and a review of the literature

Wong William , Foo Fung Jun , Lau Michael , Sarin Ashima , Kiruparan Pasupathy

Background: Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) is usually performed with the concurrent use of intraoperative adjuncts for good outcome.Objective: We wanted to show that a good success rate can be achieved in MIP without routine use of any intraoperative adjuncts.Methods: A prospective case series of the first 100 patients who underwent MIP for primary hyperparathyroidism by a single surgeon at a single institution were inc...