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Melanie L. Richards, Juliane Bingener

Novel applications of the intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay Neue Anwendungen des intraoperativen Parathormon-Assays

Keywords: hyperparathyroidism, hypocalcemia, intraoperative parathyroid hormone, parathyroidectomy, thyroidectomy

The development of an accurate and rapid method to measure parathyroid hormone (PTH) utilizing a two-site immunochemiluminometric assay (ICMA) has expanded its use to point-of-care testing. Measuring parathyroid hormone can be utilized to determine the completeness of parathyroid resection, to regionalize hypersecreting parathyroid glands, to identify parathyroid glands on fine-needle aspiration, and as a predictor of postoperative hypocalcemia following thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy. This review addresses the current utilization of these techniques in patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease.

LaboratoriumsMedizin, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0025-8466
Volume: 29, 08/2005
Pages: 229 - 234

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