Fig 1.
PTx, parathyroidectomy; POD 1, postoperative day 1; PTH, parathyroid hormone; rHPT, renal hyperparathyroidism.
Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
Table 2.
The details of parathyroidectomy and re-parathyroidectomy.
Fig 2.
Intact PTH levels on admission and POD 1 in re-parathyroidectomy for the recurrent or persistent renal hyperparathyroidism in the autografted forearm group (a) and the neck or mediastinum group (b). PTH, parathyroid hormone; POD 1, postoperative day 1.
Fig 3.
Intact PTH ratios in the autografted forearm group and the neck or mediastinum group.
PTH, parathyroid hormone.
Fig 4.
Comparison of intact PTH ratios in the autografted forearm group and the neck or mediastinum group.
PTH, parathyroid hormone.
Fig 5.
Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for the cutoff value of recurrence or persistence in the autografted forearm.
AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval.
Fig 6.
Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for the cutoff value of recurrence or persistence in the neck or mediastinum.
AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval.
Table 3.
Algorithm for the localization of causative parathyroid glands for recurrent or persistent renal hyperparathyroidism after total parathyroidectomy with forearm autograft.