The change in lumbar spine and total hip BMD was significantly greater at 1 year's follow-up in the parathyroidectomy patients than in those who received no surgery (lumbar spine +4.16 ± 1.13 ...

SEATTLE -- Parathyroidectomy helped reverse disrupted levels of inflammatory cytokines and vitamin D metabolites in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a researcher suggested here ...

In a retrospective cohort study of 3008 patients (2749 on hemodialysis and 259 on peritoneal dialysis) using US Renal Data System data from 2015 to 2018, Mark D. Danese, PhD, MHS, of Outcomes ...

Parathyroidectomy had no significant impact on long-term kidney function among older adults with primary hyperparathyroidism, but if done early, it could preserve function in those aged younger ...

However, early parathyroidectomy may preserve kidney function in patients younger than 60 years of age with primary hyperparathyroidism. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Early parathyroidectomy within 1 year of diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) did not reduce the risk of a sustained decline in kidney function, measured by a decline in estimated ...

A single-center study finds parathyroidectomy used in only 6.6% of kidney-transplant patients with postsurgical hyperparathyroidism, but when used it provides benefit and doesn't harm the kidney ...

Adults with mild hyperparathyroidism who underwent a parathyroidectomy did not have a difference in fracture events at 10 years compared with adults who did not undergo surgery, according to study ...

Parathyroidectomy Shows No Effect on Kidney Function in Older Adults Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine studied 43,697 adults diagnosed with primary hyperthyroidism to ...

Parathyroidectomy is currently the only definitive treatment for PHPT, they noted. Several prior studies have suggested a link with a subsequent improvement in depression and other neurocognitive ...