Talha SARIGÖZ, Tamer ERTAN, Ömer TOPUZ, Uğur AYDEMİR

Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy in a community based teaching hospital: The role of dual-phase parathyroid scintigraphy and surgeon experience

Aim: In a community based teaching hospital setting, to explore role of dual-phase parathyroid scintigraphy and surgeon experiencein minimally invasive parathyroidectomy.Material and Methods: During 4-year period, from January 2013 to December 2016, 136 of 170 patients those were diagnosedwith primary hyperparathyroidism were selected for this retrospective study. For detection of hyper-functioning parathyroid tissue,routine neck ultrasound and 99mTc-MIBI dual phase parathyroid scintigraphy were performed. All scintigraphy scans were evaluatedby nuclear medicine physicians and surgeons together. Patients with suspected multiglandular diseases and familial cases wereexcluded. Enlarged glands were identified by surgeons intraoperatively. Specimens were sent for frozen section analysis.Results: Without using intraoperative parathormone monitoring or gamma probe, combination of neck ultrasound, surgeon-nuclearphysician evaluated parathyroid scintigraphy scan and resection of surgeon-identified diseased gland resulted in 100% cure rate forthis group of patients.Conclusion: Operative experience of surgeon and review of preoperative parathyroid scintigraphy scan had remarkable impact onoutcomes. Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy can be held successfully at community-based hospitals under specific conditionswithout using intraoperative parathormone or gamma probe.

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