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 ...

An additional pathologic parathyroid was removed in 9 cases, a third in one. In the other 10 cases further neck exploration by a standard cervical approach was negative and in four of these ...