2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2006.06.016
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Improvement in the health-related quality-of-life symptoms of hyperparathyroidism is durable on long-term follow-up

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“…However, the procedure had an important beneficial effect, which can be explained by the reduction of the toxic effects of PTH, causing multiple organ damage and exuberant symptomatology 28 . These improvements validate the indication of parathyroidectomy as early as possible in CKD 29,30 . The present study has some limitations that include the low number of participants, due to the financial difficulties of a public hospital, and the lack of information about the body weight gain after PTx.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
“…However, the procedure had an important beneficial effect, which can be explained by the reduction of the toxic effects of PTH, causing multiple organ damage and exuberant symptomatology 28 . These improvements validate the indication of parathyroidectomy as early as possible in CKD 29,30 . The present study has some limitations that include the low number of participants, due to the financial difficulties of a public hospital, and the lack of information about the body weight gain after PTx.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 62%
“…Another area in which our observations are noteworthy is in the postoperative benefits on neuropsychiatric manifestations (8,9,(23)(24)(25)(26). The results of basal SF-36 and SCL-90 questionnaires indicated only a minimal difference when compared with healthy control, nonhyperparathyroid subjects.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…Until 1984, the researchers who wanted to evaluate psychological indicators in pHPT have been concentrating on quality of life questionnaires such as SF-36, HSQ (Health Status Questionnaire) [2,[13][14][15][16][17] and a more specific tool for pHPT patients-The Parathyroidectomy Assessment of Symptoms (PAS) [18]. These questionnaires concentrated of symptom-determined aspects of the disease that included: limitations due to physical health condition, pain, general malaise, vitality decrease, limitations in social functions due to emotional problems, and mental health problems [13], but they lacked more subtle evaluation of neuropsychological parameters which may proceed symptomatic presentation of the disease.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%