S Yamaguchi, S Yachiku, M Morikawa, M Okuyama, A Numata, F Inada, T Anzai, T Kobayashi, K Furuta, H Ishida
We performed parathyroidectomy for renal osteodystrophy due to secondary hyperparathyroidism on 16 patients with chronic renal failure who were refractory to medical management; subtotal parathyroidectomy on one patient and total parathyroidectomy with autotransplantation on 15 patients. Postoperative clinical improvement, i.e., bone and/or joint pain, pruritus and radiographic signs of renal osteodystrophy, was marked. After the operation, serum calcium decreased rapidly and adequate calcium replacement therapy was necessary...
May 1992: Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica