Reoperative Parathyroidectomy

Reoperative parathyroidectomy: location of missed glands based on a contemporary nomenclature system.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate and categorize the locations of missed parathyroid glands found during reoperative parathyroidectomy and to determine any factors associated with these locations. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Fifty-four patients who underwent reoperative parathyroidectomy for persistent or recurrent hyperparathyroidism from January 1,...

Reoperative Vascular Surgery

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Reoperative face and neck lifts.

The complexity of the reoperative facelift or neck lift is directly related to the way the primary procedure was performed. Regardless of the primary technique used, the secondary procedure should be directed to the specific problems that the patient exhibits, such as scars, earlobe deformity, hair pattern changes, laxity in the upper face or neck, jowling, or deepening of the nasolabial folds....

Mini-reoperative mitral valve surgery.

BACKGROUND Reoperative surgery involving the atrioventricular valves places the patient at risk for cardiac or bypass graft injury upon reoperative sternotomy. Standard right thoracotomy can avoid these problems but is associated with a large incision and possibly more pulmonary complications. METHODS AND RESULTS An alternative, minimally invasive approach for reoperative atrioventricular val...

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