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Pre-Operative Decision Making

It is clear that ALL patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are candidates for minimally invasive parathyroid surgery using intraoperative nuclear mapping. ALL parathyroid patients can take advantage of using a radioactive-detection probe during the surgery,

Minimal Parathyroid Surgery

Also called: Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroid Surgery The article below is an abstract being presented at a major medical conference in the Spring of 2003 regarding parathyroid surgery. This research was conducted by the Endocrine Surgery Departme

M.E.N. Syndromes: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia

Definition of the MEN Syndromes MEN stands for "Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia". The MEN syndromes are conditions which cause overactivity and enlargement in certain endocrine glands. MEN syndromes are usually (but not always) inherit

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2

General Description

Parathyroid Function

The sole purpose of the parathyroid glands is to control calcium within the blood in a very tight range between 8.5 and 10.5. In doing so, parathyroid glands also control how much calcium is in the bones, and therefore, how strong and dense the bones are. Altho

Your Parathyroid Glands

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