The authors have presented an excellent picture of a patient with calciphylaxis, who despite treatment subsequently died. The authors also comment on possible modalities of treatment, however fail to mention parathyroidectomy, which is an important treatment for patients with calciphylaxix. This disease is caused by overactivity of enlarged parathyroid glands, secondary to the failure of the ki...

Objective Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) is a common endocrine disease, and its most effective treatment is surgery. Postoperative hypocalcemia is a morbidity of parathyroid surgeries, and it may extend hospitalization durations. The purpose of this study is to determine the predictive factors related to the development of hypocalcemia and hungry bone syndrome (HBS) in patients who underwent...

In contrast to the diverse results of parathyroidectomy in anurans as to the appearance of neuromuscular symptom, effects of the removal of parathyroid glands in urodeles have been in agreement with each other. Scholz (1935) working with Salamandra, reported that his animals were kept in his laboratory up to 1 year after parathyroidectomy without any ill effect. Parathyroidectomy in Triton and ...

The bone mineral density increments in patients with sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism after parathyroidectomy have been studied by several investigators, but few have investigated this topic in primary hyperparathyroidism associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. Further, as far as we know, only two studies have consistently evaluated bone mineral density values after parathyroid...

Most cases of sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism present disturbances in a single parathyroid gland and the surgery of choice is adenomectomy. Conversely, hyperparathyroidism associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (hyperparathyroidism/multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1) is an asynchronic, asymmetrical multiglandular disease and it is surgically approached by either subtotal para...

BACKGROUND Prophylactic administration of calcitriol has been suggested to mitigate the risk of hypocalcemia after parathyroidectomy. The effect of calcitriol on postoperative serum ionized calcium concentrations has not been evaluated in dogs after parathyroidectomy. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of prophylactic calcitriol administration on postoperative serum ionized calcium...

BACKGROUND Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring predicts successful surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). In renal HPT, intraoperative PTH assays can define whether parathyroid resection is adequate. METHODS Intraoperative PTH was measured with two different immunometric assays (Immulite Turbo DPC and ADVIA Centaur assay) in 91 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy fo...

BACKGROUND Secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) is a common acquired disorder in patients with chronic renal failure. Despite the development of new therapeutic agents, a majority of patients will require parathyroidectomy. The aim of this study was to evaluate total parathyroidectomy with auto-transplantation of trace amounts of parathyroid tissue as a surgical option in uremia sHPT treatment....