Chinese Journal of Endocrine Surgery 2017;11(4):345-348

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6090.2017.04.022

A review of intraoperative identification methods of parathyroid glands

Gaofei HE ; Li GAO ; Chunyi SONG ; Jianbiao WANG

Keywords

Thyroid surgery; Parathyroid gland; Hyperparathyroidism

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Hyperparathyroidism is an important complication of thyroid surgery.Identification is the premise of intraoperative pretection.At present,identification of the parathyroid gland relies on personal experience of surgeons.Amplifying display of endoscope or surgical magnifying glass,the use of dyeing agent such as methylene blue,nanocarbon,5-ALA or BB5-G1,the use of radionuclide imaging and contact endoscope,and biopsy like intraoperative frozen pathological examination and FNA are all important trials.This article is going to make a review of the methods.