An optimal algorithm for intraoperative XXXX monitoring.

@entity1 @entity459 @entity461 @entity66
BACKGROUND: A minimally invasive approach to @entity459 is equivalent to bilateral exploration when intraoperative @entity461 (IOPTH) monitoring is used. The optimal strategy for the monitoring has been debated. HYPOTHESIS: There exists an optimal strategy for IOPTH monitoring. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary referral hospital. @entity1 AND METHODS: A total of 1882 @entity1 underwent parathyroidectomy for @entity459 with IOPTH monitoring. Successful exploration was defined as a 50% or more decline in IOPTH level from baseline and a normal or near-normal IOPTH level at 10 minutes postexcision. These results were compared with those of alternative strategies for IOPTH monitoring, including a 50% decline at 10 minutes, 50% decline at 5 minutes, and normal IOPTH levels at 10 minutes, using the preoperative parathyroid level as baseline. RESULTS: A curative operation was performed in 1830 @entity1 (97.2%). The current strategy had a sensitivity of 96% and an accuracy of 95%. @entity66 was present in 271 @entity1 (14.5%); 134 of 1858 @entity1 (7.2%) whose outcomes failed to reach curative criteria had confirmed @entity66 . Using only a 50% decline from baseline as the curative criterion would result in a failed operation in 22.4% of @entity1 with @entity66 . A 50% decline at 10 minutes was 96% sensitive and 94% accurate. A 5-minute value was 79% sensitive and 80% accurate. With use of the 5-minute value, unnecessary bilateral exploration would have been performed in 272 of 1460 @entity1 (18.6%) compared with 62 of 1750 @entity1 (3.5%) when using a 10-minute value. A normal 10-minute value is 91% sensitive and 90% accurate. CONCLUSIONS: A 10-minute postexcision IOPTH level that decreased 50% from baseline and is normal or near normal is highly successful. Relying on a 50% decrease alone increases the rate of operative failure in @entity1 with @entity66 .
