RATIONALE FOR THE APPLICATION OF CALCITONIN LEVEL IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER.

Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of the basal calcitonin (CTb) determination in the early postoperative period to predict the possible recurrence (persistence) of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC).

Material And Methods: A retrospective study of the treatment results in 194 patients with MTC (148 (76.3%) primary - group 1 and 46 (23.

PREDICTORS OF MULTIFOCAL PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER. DO THEY EXIST?

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is to analyze and identify the main predictors that may indicate multifocal growth of PTC.

Materials And Methods: The main and control groups included patients with the category of malignant multifocal process T1-3mN0Mx (n=109) and unifocal T1-T3N0Mx (n=50) respectively, who underwent thyroidectomy with lymphadenectomy.Ultrasound characteristics of the nodes, tissue changes of the thyroid gland were taken into account.

Topical Diagnosis and Determination of the Primary Hyperaldosteronism Variant.

Laboratory diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism is based on determining blood levels of aldosterone, renin on request, potassium, and sodium. The results of these studies are significantly influenced by drugs, preparation for the study and blood collection methods, age, gender, and concomitant diseases. The work analyzes the factors influencing the results of the study of aldosterone and identifies the main ways of their exclusion at each stage of the diagnosis.

[Minimally invasive and endoscopic methods in surgical treatment of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: advantages and limitations].

Results of surgical treatment of 212 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) within 2007-2009 years were analyzed. In 183 patients have been performed the conventional approach with revision of all 4 parathyroid glands, in 29- using minimally invasive methods (in 18 - endoscopic operations, in 11 - targeted operations through mini incision). Multi-glandular disease was observed in 5.