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- Title
Parathyroidectomy in dialysis patients: Indications, methods, and consequences.
- Authors
Rodríguez‐Ortiz, María E.; Pendón‐Ruiz de Mier, María V.; Rodríguez, Mariano; Rodríguez-Ortiz, María E; Pendón-Ruiz de Mier, María V
- Abstract
Secondary hyperparathyroidism, characterized by increased PTH synthesis and secretion, is often seen in advanced stages of chronic kidney disease. Excessive proliferation of parathyroid cells leads to the development of diffuse hyperplasia that subsequently progresses to nodular histology. Refractory hyperparathyroidism occurs when parathyroid glands fail to respond to medical therapy. Parathyroidectomy (PTX), surgical resection of parathyroid glands, is usually performed in cases of persistent serum levels of PTH above 1000 pg/mL associated with hypercalcemia or when hyperparathyroidism is refractory to conservative therapy. Parathyroidectomy can be carried out using different procedures: subtotal PTX or total PTX with or without parathyroid autotransplantation. Parathyroid surgery may have undesirable consequences due to PTH oversuppression, such as the development of adynamic bone disease; hungry bone syndrome is quite common after this surgery. However, PTX improves survival and parameters of mineral metabolism. Parathyroidectomy needs to be considered in those patients with severe hyperparathyroidism with a poor response to pharmacological treatment and with distinct undesirable effects of PTH on bone and mineral metabolism parameters.
- Subjects
PARATHYROIDECTOMY; HEMODIALYSIS patients; PARATHYROID glands; BONE metabolism; BONE growth; KIDNEY diseases
- Publication
Seminars in Dialysis, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 5, p444
- ISSN
0894-0959
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/sdi.12772