The effect of intraoperative autofluorescence monitoring on unintentional parathyroid gland excision rates and postoperative PTH concentrations—a single-blind randomized-controlled trial

• Published in: Endocrine Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 546 - 552
• Main Authors: Papavramidis, Theodosios S., Chorti, Angeliki, Tzikos, George, Anagnostis, Panagiotis, Pantelidis, Pantelis, Pliakos, Ioannis, Panidis, Stavros, Papaioannou, Maria, Bakkar, Sohail, Unal, Ethem, Michalopoulos, Antonios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Diabetes; Endocrinology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hypocalcemia; Hypoparathyroidism; I.R. radiation; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; multidisciplinary; Original Article; Parathyroid; Parathyroid hormone; Parathyroidectomy; Science; Thyroidectomy; Parathyroid glands; Unintentional parathyroidectomy; Autofluorescence; Total thyroidectomy

Purpose Intraoperative imaging of parathyroid glands (PGs) has been developed in order to reduce the risk of unintentional parathyroidectomy during total thyroidectomy. This novel modality is based on their intrinsic characteristic of autofluorescence (AF) after near-infrared light exposure. The aim...