Affiliation:
1. SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, HAMİDİYE TIP FAKÜLTESİ, CERRAHİ TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, GENEL CERRAHİ ANABİLİM DALI
2. YÜZÜNCÜ YIL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
Abstract
Objective
To investigate the success of imaging methods and
the effect of preoperative findings on postoperative
results in patients who underwent surgery for primary
hyperparathyroidism (p-HPT).
Material and Method
In this study, the data of 50 consecutive patients who
underwent p-HPT surgery at the General Surgery
Clinic of Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine
between January 2008 and December 2010 were
prospectively analyzed. During the study period,
the patients’ demographic data, clinical findings,
preoperative and postoperative laboratory results,
findings of ultrasonography, scintigraphy, and
computed tomography performed for localization in
the preoperative period, and surgery and pathology
reports were evaluated and recorded. The obtained
data were statistically analyzed.
Results
Musculoskeletal pain was the most common (80%)
reason for the patients’ presentation to the hospital.
In the operated patients, the serum parathormone
and calcium levels significantly decreased compared
to the preoperative period (p
Publisher
Medical Journal of Suleyman Demirel University