SLIDE 5 Guideline for Surgery in Asymptomatic PHPT
Bilezikian, John P ., et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Summary Statement from the Fourth International Workshop.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Oct;99(10):3561-9. . doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-1413. Epub 2014 Aug 27
“Even in the subjects who don’t meet any criteria for parathyroidectomy, surgery is always an option because it is the only definitive therapy for PHPT”
Bilezikian, John P ., et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Summary Statement from the Fourth International Workshop.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Oct;99(10):3561-9. . doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-1413. Epub 2014 Aug 27
Questions still to answer
- Vascular and cardiovascular dysfunction?
- Neurocognitive dysfunction?
Bilezikian, John P ., et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Summary Statement from the Fourth International Workshop.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Oct;99(10):3561-9. . doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-1413. Epub 2014 Aug 27
Intra-operative PTH
- Miami criterion with addition of “into normal level”
- drop of PTH by 50% and into the normal levels
- Increases specificity from 66.7% to 88.9%
- Helps prevent leaving multi-glandular disease
- LSU study - sestamibi fails to identify 73% of
patients with multi-glandular disease.
Gill, Matthew T, et al. “Intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay: a necessary tool for multiglandular disease.” Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 May;144(5):691-7. doi: 10.1177/0194599811398597.