Updates in primary hyperparathyroidism

Abstract

This is a review of the latest papers on PHPT with the purpose of assessing the most recent evidence in the management of PHPT and to give updated recommendations for its evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. I used my personal experience to collect papers that reinforce my ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of PHPT. Perhaps, in the near future, we will have more information about genetics, localization studies, surgical techniques, medical treatments, and statements that we have presented today will be obsolete.

Keywords: Bilateral neck exploration; Intraoperative PTH; Mininvasive procedure; Multiglandular disease; Parathyroid hormone; Parathyroidectomy; Primary hyperparathyroidism.