Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery

Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA, FACSCharles W. Cummings M.D. Professor Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Multidisciplinary Thyroid Tumor CenterDirector of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine SurgeryDept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MDPhillip K. Pellitteri DO, FACSChair, Department of Otolaryngology/HNSGuthrie Clinic LtdOtolaryngologist in Chief, Robert Packer HospitalGuthrie Health SystemClinical Professor of Otolaryngology/HNSTemple University School of MedicineSayre, PA Jonathon O. Russell, MDInstructor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck SurgeryDivision of Head and Neck Endocrine SurgeryDept. of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD Salem I. Noureldine, MDPostdoctoral FellowDivision of Head & Neck Endocrine SurgeryDept. of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck SurgeryJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimore, MD

• Embryology and Anatomy of the Parathyroid Glands.- Maximizing Success of Initial Operation.- Indications for Reoperative Parathyroidectomy.- Re-Operative Surgical Planning and Adjunct Localization Studies.- Surgical Algorithm for Recalcitrant Hyperparathyroidism.- Surgical Techniques and Pearls: The Unsuccessful Reoperation.