Background. The preservation of viable parathyroid tissue, either by preserving parathyroid glands in situ with an intact blood supply or by autotransplantation, is an integral element of thyroid surgery. There is a general impression that nonviable parathyroid glands can be recognized on the basis
Retrieval of the parathyroid glands during thyroidectomy
✍ Scribed by Loré, John M. ;Pruet, Charles W.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1983
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-6403
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