Randomized clinical trial of intraoperative parathyroid gland angiography with indocyanine green fluorescence predicting parathyroid function after thyroid surgery.

CONCLUSION: ICG angiography reliably predicts the vascularization of the parathyroid glands and obviates the need for postoperative measurement of calcium and PTH, and supplementation with calcium in patients with at least one well perfused parathyroid gland. Registration number: NCT02249780 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov). PMID: 29405252 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - February 6, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Vidal Fortuny J, Sadowski SM, Belfontali V, Guigard S, Poncet A, Ris F, Karenovics W, Triponez F Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research