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- Title
Long-term outcome of surgical techniques for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism in a tertiary referral center in Belgium.
- Authors
Van Den Heede, Klaas; Bonheure, Amélie; Brusselaers, Nele; Van Slycke, Sam
- Abstract
Purpose: Surgery remains the only permanent treatment option for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). To date, the number of long-term outcome studies of parathyroidectomy is limited. This study aims to compare different surgical approaches and evaluate the importance of preoperative localization imaging in the treatment of pHPT. Methods: All 200 consecutive patients with a parathyroidectomy for sporadic pHPT without planned concomitant surgery between 09/2009 and 04/2021 in a Belgian tertiary referral hospital were enrolled. All patients underwent at least two preoperative localization imaging studies (neck ultrasound, CT, SPECT, and/or Sestamibi scintigraphy) of the parathyroid glands. The main outcomes were the (long-term) cured proportion and postoperative morbidity (hypocalcemia, recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, return to theater for bleeding, and wound morbidity). Results: Most patients were referred with concordant positive imaging (82%, n = 164). Only nine patients (4.5%) had double negative imaging, not revealing a possible adenoma. The remaining 27 (13.5%) were referred with discordant imaging. Parathyroidectomy was performed via traditional cervicotomy (30%), mini-open approach (39.5%), or endoscopic approach (30.5%). Morbidity was low with no persistent hypocalcemia, one return to theater for bleeding, and no 30-day mortality. In the concordant imaging population, 13 patients (8%) had multiglandular disease. Overall, 97.5% was considered cured. Long-term recurrence was 12% with a minimal follow-up of 5 years. Conclusion: This consecutive, single-surgeon, single-center cohort with extensive data collection and long-term follow-up confirms the safety and excellent cured proportions of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. Disease recurrence becomes more important long after surgery.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; OPERATIVE surgery; LARYNGEAL nerve palsy; RECURRENT laryngeal nerve; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID glands
- Publication
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 2022, Vol 407, Issue 7, p3045
- ISSN
1435-2443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00423-022-02660-z