Erschienen in:
05.01.2017 | Letter to the Editor
Comment on Article Entitled “Parathyroid Autotransplantation During Thyroid Surgery: A Novel Technique Using a Cell Culture Nutrient Solution”
verfasst von:
Chandan Jha, Raouef Bichoo, Sanjay Yadav
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 6/2017
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article entitled “Parathyroid Autotransplantation during Thyroid Surgery: A Novel Technique Using a Cell Culture Nutrient Solution” by Famà et al. published in
World Journal of Surgery [
1]. Parathyroid autotransplantation and its effect on postoperative hypoparathyroidism has been widely debated in the past, but as of now, most of the endocrine surgeons agree that at least for an inadvertently removed or obviously devascularized gland, the best strategy is its immediate autotransplantation. Although, previous studies have shown that resorting to a policy of routine autotransplantation of at least one gland can reduce the incidence of permanent hypoparathyroidism to zero [
2], the policy of routine autotransplantation is not uniformly accepted by all because of higher incidence of temporary hypoparathyroidism reported with this policy in some studies. …
