Calcium metabolism after thyroidectomy with modified radical neck dissection and parathyroid gland autotransplantation
Senninger, N.; Colombo-Benkmann, M.; Haas, S.; Frank-Raue, K.; Herfarth, C.
Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie. Supplement. Kongressband. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie. Kongress 114: 1161-1163
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0942-2854 PMID: 9574365 Document Number: 476629
The issue of parathyroid autotransplantation in oncologic thyroid surgery is discussed controversially. In a series of 15 patients who underwent bilateral modified radical neck dissection for thyroid malignancy, parathyroid autotransplantation was carried out. Six months after surgery only one patient was hypoparathyroid, requiring permanent medication, thus autotransplantation is a safe procedure for the prevention of accidental hypoparathyroidism.