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GRANADOS CANSECO, Enrique et al. Surgical experience in primary hyperparathyroidism at the Specialty Hospital of the National Medical Center ''La Raza''. Cir. gen [online]. 2012, vol.34, n.4, pp.249-253. ISSN 1405-0099.

Objective: To present the surgical experience in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism. Setting: Third level health care center (Specialty Hospital of the National Medical Center ''La Raza''). Design: Ambispective, observational, longitudinal, descriptive study. Statistical analysis: Percentages as summary measure for qualitative variables. Patients and Methods: The study was performed from January 2006 to December 2010 in the General Surgery Service of the Specialty Hospital of the Centro Médico Nacional ''La Raza'', with a minimum follow up of one year. The clinical records were revised as well as evolution along time, assessing morbidity, mortality, recurrence or surgical success. Results: A total of 119 patients were included with an average age of 51.8 years; 22 men and 97 women. The highest frequency of primary hyperparathyroidism was observed among patients aged from 40 to 69 years. Average serum calcium was 11.6 mg/dl at the time of diagnosis, and the mean parathyroid hormone value was of 274 pg/ml. Histopathological findings included 106 adenomas (89%) and 13 hyperplasias (10.9%). Cure was obtained with the first surgery in 113 (95%) patients with two acute complications (1.6%) and three chronic ones (2.5%); no mortality was recorded. Conclusions: When determining recurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism according to surgical experience in this third level healthy care center and comparing with that reported in the worldwide literature, our result lie within the average. Determining recurrence is useful to detect its conditioning factors, aside from performing adequate preoperative study and patient selection.

Palabras llave : Primary hyperparathyroidism; parathyroid hormone; parathyroidectomy.