Treatment of Hyperparathyroidism: The Surgical ... - UW Health

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SURGERYFind parathyroid, removeOnce the parathyroid tissue is found, your surgeon will remove it.MENUNext Step
SURGERYTests during surgeryAfter the tissue is removed, thesurgeons will perform a few tests toensure that all the overactiveparathyroid tissue is gone. This isimportant with parathyroid removal,because parathyroids are very smalland can be difficult to tell apart fromother tissue, even for an experiencedsurgeon.Surgeons at <strong>UW</strong> use 2 methodsduring surgery to check this.Previous StepMENU
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Page 3 and 4: INTROMeet the team:these people are
Page 5 and 6: INTROWhy surgery?Benefits of Parath
Page 7 and 8: INTROSurgery is the only curative t
Page 9 and 10: Tests before the big dayIn the week
Page 11 and 12: Tests before the big dayOther tests
Page 13 and 14: Tests before the big dayULTRASOUNDY
Page 15 and 16: Tests before the big dayCTCT scans
Page 17 and 18: Arrive at the hospitalYou will arri
Page 19 and 20: AnesthesiaGeneralGeneral Anesthesia
Page 21 and 22: SURGERYLocalize the parathyroidOnce
Page 23 and 24: SURGERYIncisionMinimally invasive i
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