Simple Summary Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare neoplasm that is responsible
for a fair proportion of thyroid carcinoma related deaths. The current diagnostic and …

Background The value of prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) for papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) with clinically evident lateral cervical lymph node metastases (cN1b) …

Importance Intraoperative identification of tissues through gross inspection during thyroid
and parathyroid surgery is challenging yet essential for preserving healthy tissue and …

The past decade has witnessed rapid advances in gasless transaxillary endoscopic
thyroidectomy (GTET) for thyroid cancer, which has become a reliable procedure with good …

Background: This study aimed to assess the benefits and limitations of four intraoperative
visualization of parathyroid gland (IVPG) strategies in the identification and functional …

Objectives/Hypothesis Identification of parathyroid glands and adjacent tissues
intraoperatively can be quite challenging because of their small size, variable locations, and …

Primary hyperparathyroidism, often caused by a single adenoma (80-85%) or four-gland
hyperplasia (10-15%), can lead to elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and resultant …

Background: The diagnosis of thyroid cancer is continuously increasing and consequently
the amount of thyroidectomy. Notwithstanding the actual surgical skill, postoperative …

Ectopic parathyroid lesions can be difficult to detect. In the present study, we used near‐
infrared autofluorescence imaging (NIFI) in three cases of ectopic parathyroid lesions. Our …

Background: Postoperative hypoparathyroidism is the most common complication after total
thyroidectomy. Over the past years, optical imaging techniques, such as parathyroid …