Stechman et al. 1 address the issue of the efficacy and safety of parathyroidectomy in the elderly by a subgroup analysis of 56 patients aged ≥75 years (mean age 79 years) from a cohort of 224 ...

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH ... concentration is markedly influenced by surgical manipulations during preparation of the affected glands, interindividual variability of the PTH half ...