Head & neck

The most recent articles from: Head Neck August 2018

Head & neck · Aug 2018

Practice Guideline

AHNS Series: Do you know your guidelines? Optimizing outcomes in reoperative parathyroid surgery: Definitive multidisciplinary joint consensus guidelines of the American Head and Neck Society and the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons.

Revision parathyroid is challenging due to possible diagnostic uncertainty as well as the technical challenges it can present. ⋯ Reoperative parathyroid surgery is best avoided if possible. Our literature search and subsequent recommendations found that these cases are best managed by experienced surgeons using precision preoperative localization, intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH), and the team approach.

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