Intraoperative PTH Assay during Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy May Be Helpful in the Detection of Double Adenomas and May Minimise the Risk of Recurrent Surgery

Table 1

Patient characteristics, preoperative and postoperative serum calcium, and parathormone levels.

Patient characteristics
	Median	Range
Age
Serum vitamin D; (nmol/L)	61	46–67
	26	16–35
Gender	N	%
Male	2	18
Female	9	82
Operation
Elective	10	91
Emergency	1	9
Patients	Preop PTH; (pg/mL)	Preop serum Ca; (mmol/L)	Postop PTH; (pg/mL)	Postop serum Ca; (mmol/L)
Pt 1	154	3.13	75	2.63
Pt 2	1059	6.06	28	2.32
Pt 3	1924	3.61	162	2.23
Pt 4	86	2.70	43	2.32
Pt 5	44	3.07	20	2.33
Pt 6	697	3.82	14	2.25
Pt 7	142	2.91	68	2.26
Pt 8	367	4.00	10	2.85
Pt 9	194	2.90	92	2.29
Pt 10	249	3.14	42	2.3
Pt 11	120	2.90	47	2.45