Publications by authors named "Jose Antonio Casimiro-Perez"
Persistent elevated serum parathyroid hormone levels with normocalcaemia after parathyroidectomy: Secondary hyperparathyroidism or pseudo- hyperparathyroidism?
Cir Esp (Engl Ed)
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study examined how long it takes for parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels to return to normal after parathyroid surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism, evaluating data from 186 patients over five years.
- Out of the final group of 176 patients, 26.1% had elevated PTH levels post-surgery despite normal calcium levels, with a median time to normalization of 6 months.
- Findings suggest that high preoperative PTH levels can predict postoperative normocalcaemic hyperparathyroidism, while vitamin D and creatinine levels don’t appear to impact the normalization timeline.
Purpose: The COVID-19 outbreak has forced a 2-month lockdown (LD) in Spain. We aimed to assess how that had affected our cohort of bariatric patients waiting for surgery.
Methods: A review of electronic records and a structured phone interview with each patient were conducted.
Background: In the last decades, we have experienced an increase in the prevalence of obesity in western countries with a higher demand for bariatric surgery and consequently prolonged waiting times. Currently, in many public hospitals, the only criterion that establishes priority for bariatric surgery is waiting time regardless of obesity severity.
Methods: We propose a new, simple, and homogeneous clinical prioritization system, the Obesity Surgery Score (OSS), which takes into account simultaneously and equitably the time on surgical waiting list and the obesity severity based on three variables: body mass index, obesity-related comorbidities, and functional limitations.