Review article

https://doi.org/10.20471/LO.2019.47.02-03.18

Parathyroid glands autotransplantation: why? When? How?

Tomislav Novosel orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-3312 ; Department of Otolaryngology and Plastic, Head and Neck Surgery, Klinikum Bad Salzungen, GmbH, Bad Salzungen, Germany;
Peter Jecker ; Department of Otolaryngology and Plastic, Head and Neck Surgery, Klinikum Bad Salzungen, GmbH, Bad Salzungen, Germany;
Vladimir Bedeković ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;
Drago Boščić ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia;
Tomislav Šusnjar ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia;
Joseph Scharpf ; Department of Otolaryngology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America;

Abstract

Parathyroid glands produce parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates calcium level in peripheral circulation by controlling calcium relocation and calcium excretion. Hypoparathyroidism is one of the potential complications that can occur during thyroid surgery. Hypocalcemia, as a result of hypoparathyroidism, can cause severe symptoms, even lifethreatening, when not treated properly.
In this paper, we would like to focus on how to preserve the function of the parathyroid glands during thyroid surgery and prevent transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism by opting to perform parathyroid autotransplantation. To structure our suggestion, we divided the article into why, when, and how to do the parathyroid autotransplantation?

Keywords

parathyroid gland; parathyroid auto-transplantation; hypoparathyroidism; hypocalcemia

Hrčak ID:

233670

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/233670

Publication date:

28.1.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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