Surgery
Volume 148, Issue 4 , Pages 807-813 , October 2010

Parathyroidectomy for hypercalcemic crisis: 40 years' experience and long-term outcomes

Presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Illinois, March 10–13, 2010.

  • Jennifer Cannon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrine Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • John I. Lew, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrine Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Carmen C. Solórzano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrine Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Division of Endocrine Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Carmen C. Solórzano, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 597 Preston Research Building, 2220 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232-6860.

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PII: S0039-6060(10)00409-5

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.07.041

Surgery
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