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The EANM practice guidelines for parathyroid imaging
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2021 Nuclear medicine parathyroid imaging is important in the identification of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), but it may be also valuable before surgical treatment in secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT ...
Petra Petranović Ovčariček +9 more
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Parathyroid Imaging: Past, Present, and Future
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 The goal of parathyroid imaging is to identify all sources of excess parathyroid hormone secretion pre-operatively. A variety of imaging approaches have been evaluated and utilized over the years for this purpose.
Michael Morris +6 more
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BMC Surgery, 2021 Objective Microwave ablation (MWA) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of benign thyroid nodules. The purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided MWA in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules, and to ...
Baoying Xia +12 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 BackgroundTumor multifocality is frequently observed in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, the maximum tumor diameter (MTD), currently utilized in various staging schemes, might not accurately indicate the level of aggressiveness exhibited by ...
Zhu-juan Wu +6 more
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Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022 Purpose To evaluate the relationship between pre-operative 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) levels and poor prognostic factors for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Methods A total of 1161 patients diagnosed with PTC were analyzed retrospectively.
Munire Abuduwaili +5 more
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JAMA Surgery, 2020 Importance Because inadvertent damage of parathyroid glands can lead to postoperative hypocalcemia, their identification and preservation, which can be challenging, are pivotal during total thyroidectomy.
F. Benmiloud +10 more
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Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Imaging in Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022 Objective This meta-analysis aimed to assess the position of near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) imaging in the recognition and protection of the parathyroid gland (PG) during thyroidectomy.
Wei Lu +4 more
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Pleiotropy as the Mechanism for Evolving Novelty: Same Signal, Different Result. [PDF]
, 2015 In contrast to the probabilistic way of thinking about pleiotropy as the random expression of a single gene that generates two or more distinct phenotypic traits, it is actually a deterministic consequence of the evolution of complex physiology from the ...
Torday, John S
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Hypomagnesemia predicts postoperative biochemical hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy
BMC Surgery, 2017 Background To investigate the role of magnesium in biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, a retrospective study was conducted. Methods Less-than-total thyroidectomy patients were excluded from the final analysis.
Han Luo +6 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 There are many histological morphological types of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), but the most frequently seen types are conventional. A single PTC commonly has a conventional and/or a variant morphological pattern.
Jing Yang +6 more
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