The NIH Criteria for Parathyroidectomy in Asymptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism

To determine whether preoperative and postoperative symptoms and outcome differ in patients who meet or fail to meet the NIH criteria for parathyroidectomy.The NIH Consensus Conference on primary hyperparathyroidism in 1990 defined criteria for surgical intervention suggesting that some patients can be safely managed without surgery.Over a 3-year period, 202 consecutive patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism at a...