JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND, cilt.34, sa.9, ss.425-429, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose. The key to successful parathyroid surgery is accurate preoperative tumor localization. This study investigates the use of ultrasound (US)-guided parathyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) as a confirmatory diagnostic method in patients with hyperparathyroidism undergoing minimally invasive parathyroidectomy.