The major risk of parathyroidectomy is injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (a nerve that lies very near the parathyroid glands and serves the larynx or voice box).
Infection of the surgical incision may occur, as it may in any operative procedure, but this is uncommon in parathyroidectomy.
Parathyroidectomy is the removal of one or more parathyroid glands.
The incidence of parathyroidectomy rises after age 40.
Is there an alternative to surgery?What is the risk of complication?How will the body's function change after the surgery?
Parathyroidectomy is usually done to treat hyperparathyroidism (abnormal over-functioning of the parathyroid glands).
Parathyroidectomy is usually performed to treat hyperparathyroidism (abnormal over-functioning of the parathyroid glands).
Parathyroidectomy should only be done when other non-operative methods have failed to control the patient's hyperparathyroidism.
The number of parathyroidectomy procedures has risen due to routine measurement of calcium in the blood.
Parathyroidectomy should only be performed when other non-operative methods have failed to control a person's hyperparathyroidism. To clarify, hyperparathyroidism is corrected ONLY by a parathyroidectomy. High calcium is a result, but not the only result of hyperparathyroidsim, so a parathyroidectomy should be performed only when all other possibilities of high calcium have been ruled out.
Parathyroidectomy is an operation performed most commonly by a general surgeon, or occasionally by an otolaryngologist, in the operating room of a hospital.
There is little to no risk involved in a nasopharyngeal culture.
Dr I Y Olchs