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Original Source: Indications for parathyroidectomy in renal hyperparathyroidism : Comments on the significance of new therapeutics.
New therapeutics for the treatment of chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism, such as calcium and aluminium-free phosphate binders, calcimimetic agents and active vitamin D metabolites may decrease the need for parathyroidectomy. The calcimimetic cinacalcet does not induce a longer lasting regression of renal hyperparathyroidism and autonomous growing of parathyroids and the therapeutic effect is limited to the period of treatment. The classical indications for surgery, hypercalcemia, vasc...
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PTH Not Affected by Patient Variations (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Individual patient characteristics likely don't affect the half-life of intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) during parathyroidectomy, researchers found.
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ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Taking cinacalcet may lessen the need for parathyroidectomy among patients with hyperparathyroidism who are on dialysis, researchers reported here.
Cinacalcet Shows Little Benefit in End-Stage Kidney Disease
Cinacalcet reduces the need for parathyroidectomy in a few patients with chronic kidney disease but appears to have no effect on all-cause or cardiovascular mortality and comes with adverse effects....
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New therapeutics for the treatment of chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism, such as calcium and aluminium-free phosphate binders, calcimimetic agents and active vitamin D metabolit...
Initial Parathyroid Surgery in 606 Patients with Renal Hyperparathyroidism.
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the outcome of different surgical procedures for patients on permanent dialysis who underwent initial parathyroidectomy f...
The purposes of this study are to evaluate the merits of surgical treatment, including subtotal parathyroidectomy (SP) and total parathyroidectomy (TP), in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism (...
PURPOSE: Several new minimally invasive techniques (mini-open, video-assisted, and endoscopic procedures) for parathyroidectomy have been described. However, totally endoscopic lateral approach parath...
Recurrent hyperparathyroidism and forearm parathyromatosis after total parathyroidectomy.
BACKGROUND: In multiple endocrine neoplasia type I and renal failure, the type of initial parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism may influence the operative risks and development of recurrence. We...
