Who is a Candidate for MIRP Minimally Invasive Parathyroid Surgery?
This new approach to parathyroid surgery has taken the surgical and endocrinology specialties by storm. The cure rate is significantly higher than the standard parathyroid operation and the complication rate is near zero (far less than one percent if done by an experienced endocrine surgeon). This is changing the way all doctors look at parathyroid disease. Since hyperparathyroidism can now be fixed easily for almost all patients, many experts are sending all of their parathyroid patients for this minimal operation. They feel it is MUCH riskier to wait around and develop osteoporosis or kidney stones than it is to have mini parathyroid surgery. Besides, the operation makes the majority of people with parathyroid disease feel better and enjoy life more! (see the page on SYMPTOMS) Virtually all experts feel that the advent of mini-parathyroid surgery has revolutionized the way parathyroid disease is managed. More and more surgeons are being trained in radioguided surgery for breast cance
