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Hyperparathyroidism

The primary disease of parathyroid glands is overactivity—too much parathyroid hormone is produced. This is called hyperparathyroidism. Under this condition of hyperparathyroidism, one or more of the parathyroid glands behaves inappropriately by making excess hormone regardless of the level of calcium. In other words, the parathyroid glands continue to make large amounts of parathyroid hormone even when the calcium level is normal and they should not be making hormone at all.

Minimal Parathyroid Surgery

Also called: Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy, or "MIRP" The technique of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy using intraoperative nuclear mapping (also called minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy (MIRP)) was pioneered in

Parathyroid Surgery: The Standard Technique

Since 1925, the gold standard treatment for primary hyperparathyroidism has been to surgically remove the parathyroid gland (or glands) which are overproducing hormone. Remember, this is a hormone problem, so the goal is to remove the source of the excess
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