Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring during the surgical procedure can confirm the removal of all hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue, as the half-life of PTH is approximately 5 min.

The Thyroid & Parathyroid Center at Baylor Medicine is a world-class medical facility in Houston, TX, where patients can be seen simultaneously by a surgeon and endocrinologist for treatment of both ...

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Parathyroidectomy is surgery to remove one or more of the four parathyroid glands in the ...