Does the intraoperative parathormone monitoring really affect surgical success in primary hyperparathyroidism?

Background: Surgery is the only curative treatment option for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). The intraoperative parathormone (IOPTH) monitoring is recommended to confirm that all pathological glands have been removed. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of IOPTH monitoring on the surgical success of parathyroidectomy performed for PHPT.

Associated Features with Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients who Have Positive Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node.

Objective: The main goal of this study is to determine the clinico-pathological factors that correlate non-sentinel lymph nodes (LNs) involvement in clinically node negative breast cancer (BC) patients with positive macrometastatic sentinel lymph node (SLN) in order to derive future evidence to define a subgroup where completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND) might not be recommended.

Materials And Methods: Total 289 SLN biopsies were performed in clinically node negative BC patients between March 2014 and April 2017. Seventy patients who performed cALND due to positive macrometastatic SLN were retrospectively selected and classified into two groups, according to non-SLN involvement (NSLNI).

ARE THYROID NODULES AN OBSTACLE TO MINIMAL INVASIVE PARATHYROID SURGERY? A SINGLE-CENTER STUDY FROM AN ENDEMIC GOITER REGION.

Context: Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) procedure has become a widely accepted alternative to the standard four-gland exploration nowadays.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), who had been treated with thyroidectomy and bilateral neck exploration (BNE), rather than MIP alone, due to coexisting thyroid nodules and to determine the benefits of simultaneous thyroidectomy and the possible negative outcomes of not performing this additional procedure.

Design: There were 185 patients who were operated for PHPT at our clinic from January 2014 to November 2016.

Effectiveness of breast electrical impedance imaging for clinically suspicious breast lesions.

Objectives And Background: This study was designed to compare the usefulness of the breast electrical conductivity measures performed in a surgical examination room against conventional breast screening modalities for identifying the symptomatic lesions of the breast tissue.

Methods: A group of 181 patients were examined with Ultrasonography (USG), Mammography (MG), Electrical Impedance Scanning (EIS) modalities and were followed-up 24 months to clarify in terms of the lesion tumour progression relationship. Tumour biopsy was determined as an endpoint of the study.