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Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy

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Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy is used in selected patients with well-localized single-gland disease. This chapter reviews the indications, preoperative preparation, pitfalls and danger points, operative strategy and technique, postoperative care, and complications.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Philip M. Spanheimer

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center/Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA

    Andreas M. Kaiser

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  4. Division of Surgical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Umut Sarpel

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Sonia L. Sugg

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Spanheimer, P.M., Sugg, S.L. (2022). Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. In: Scott-Conner, C.E.H., Kaiser, A.M., Nguyen, N.T., Sarpel, U., Sugg, S.L. (eds) Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81415-1_130

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