Parathyroid venous sampling: a review of the technique and its utility in localizing parathyroid adenoma

Is parathyroid hormone venous sampling useful? Correlation of parathyroid hormone selective venous sampling and histopathological results in patients who underwent parathyroidectomy between 2006 and 2013

“…Our results of PTHSVS compared with subsequent histhopathological results support PTHSVS as a useful additional test when both the parathyroid USS and Sestamibi scans are inconclusive. This is concordant with reports from other authors [2], although there are also contradictory reports [3]. Current literature reviews support the use of PTHSVS in preparation for revision surgery in persistent PHPT [4,5] In our hands PTHSVS enables the surgeon to choose FP rather than BNE in a significant proportion of patients with negative or discordant imaging.…”