Parathyroid glands that are immediately adjacent to clearly cancerous lymph nodes should never be transplanted in thyroid cancer surgery. Surgical images were recorded and. Parathyroidectomy Springerlink Surgery of the thyroid and. . Usually four small glands located around the thyroid that secrete parathyroid hormone PTH which regulates the bodys calcium levels. Your surgeon will make a small cut 1 to 2 inches. This procedure takes about 1 hour. Thyroid cancer was discovered in several patients allowing for appropriate treatment of both thyroid and parathyroid disease with a single operation. Parathyroid ischemia is often evidenced by progressive darkening of the gland. Tumors the abnormal thyroid gland and associated parathyroid glands are removed en masse. Intra-operative identification and preservation of parathyroid glands is an important but challenging aspect of thyroid surgery. Thyroid surgeons als...
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