Is systematic identification of all four parathyroid glands necessary during total thyroidectomy?: a prospective study.

Patrick, Sheahan,; Rania, Mehanna,; Naveed, Basheeth,; Matthew S, Murphy,

doi:10.1002/lary.23954

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Is systematic identification of all four parathyroid glands necessary during total thyroidectomy?: a prospective study.

Published in The Laryngoscope • Sep 1, 2013

Authors:

Sheahan, Patrick

Mehanna, Rania

Basheeth, Naveed

Abstract

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Routine identification of all four parathyroid glands has been advocated as a means of reducing rates of postoperative hypocalcemia and inadvertent parathyroidectomy. The object of the present study was to investigate whether identification of more parathyroid glands during th...

Subject

Thyroidectomy

hypocalcemia

parathyroid

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