Hyperparathyroidism in octogenarians: A plea for ambulatory minimally invasive surgery under local anesthesia.

CONCLUSION: In patients 80 years or older, minimally invasive surgery as an outpatient under local anesthesia offered an excellent risk/benefit ratio given its many advantages: simplicity, speed, absence of general anesthesia, ease of monitoring, direct voice control intraoperatively, very low morbidity, effectiveness in treating primary hyperparathyroidism in more than 95% of first intention patients, and the possibility of immediate or delayed recovery in the event of multiglandular disease going unnoticed. PMID: 26920653 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annales d'Endocrinologie - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: Ann Endocrinol (Paris) Source Type: research