TRANSCERVICAL VIDEOENDOSCOPIC PARATHYROIDECTOMY: OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE
METE DÜREN, NİHAT YAVUZ, ZİYA SAÜHOĞLU, GÖKHAN GÖZİŞ, METİN ERTEM
İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, ABD, İSTANBUL
Abstract
Parallel to the developments in technique of the videoendoscopic surgery the concept of "surgery of closed spaces" has been established and following surgery in retroperitoneal area videoendoscopic surgery in the neck also became available. In this study we report the first patient in Turkey who has been operated on with transcervical videoendoscopic surgery and in whom a parathyroid adenoma has been removed successfully.
Keywords: TRANSCERVICAL VIDEOENDOSCOPIC SURGERY, PARATHYROID ADENOMA