Black patients are more likely to undergo parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism

Reducing disparities in the treatment of hyperparathyroidism

“…Often secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism surgical patients ‘outcomes are co-reported, but a dedicated racial analysis in the post-transplantation state could not be found in the literature. Therefore, this likely represents an understudied group [ 47 , 48 ]. In this study, patients with THPT did not demonstrate differences in evaluation or symptoms by race.…”