Modified percutaneous ethanol injection of parathyroid adenoma in primary hyperparathyroidism
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Modified percutaneous ethanol injection of parathyroid adenoma in primary hyperparathyroidism.
Surgery is the treatment of choice for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism; unlikely few patients do not meet established surgical criteria or have comorbid conditions that prohibit surgery. In these subjects, medical therapy alone offers little hope for a sustained long normocalcemic period. However percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) may represent an alternative therapeutic procedure. It...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn062