Novel method to save the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy: Subcapsular saline injection.

Novel method to save the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy: Subcapsular saline injection.

Head Neck. 2018 Jan 22;:

Authors: Choi JY, Yu HW, Bae IE, Kim JK, Seong CY, Yi JW, Chai YJ, Kim SJ, Lee KE

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Saving the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy remains challenging. Subcapsular saline injection (SCASI) was developed in February 2015. Its ability to spare the parathyroid gland was assessed.
METHODS: All consecutive patients who underwent total thyroidectomy with or without neck lymph node dissection in 2013-2015 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Patients were divided into the SCASI and non-SCASI groups. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were measured on day 1 and 6 months after surgery. Transient and permanent hypoparathyroidism were defined as day 1 and 6 month PTH < 10.0 and <15.0 pg/mL, respectively.
RESULTS: The groups (both had 98 patients each) did not differ in demographics, tumor size, operation extent, pathology, thyroiditis rate, and incidental parathyroid gland excision rate. Compared with non-SCASI patients, patients who underwent the SCASI method exhibited transient hypoparathyroidism (35.7% vs 19.4%, P < .001) and permanent hypoparathyroidism (4.1% vs 0%, P = .043) significantly less frequently.
CONCLUSION: The procedure of SCASI effectively spared the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy.

PMID: 29356201 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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