UCLA Endocrine Surgery is committed to ongoing research in a quest to develop new treatments and cures for all for patients with conditions of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands.
Background: Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are at risk for skeletal and renal end-organ damage. Methods: We studied patients with biochemically confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism from 1995–2014 and quantified the frequency of osteoporosis, nephrolithiasis, hypercalciuria, and decrease in renal function.
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Objective: Compare the diagnostic performance of Afirma Gene Expression Classifier (GEC) with that of ThyroSeq v2 next-generation sequencing assay.
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Objective: To determine the extent to which consensus guidelines for surgery in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) are followed within an academic health system.
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Question: What factors contribute to discordance between preoperative parathyroid 4-dimensional computed tomographic scans and intraoperative findings?
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Background: Endocrine surgery continues to mature as a subspecialty field. We describe the clinical performance of an academic endocrine surgery program (ESP) over its first 10 years.
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Objective: To measure the relationship of parathyroidectomy and bisphosphonates with skeletal outcomes in patients with PHPT.
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Context: Routine radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is not supported by current practice guidelines. Objective: To assess recent stage-specific trends in utilization of RAI ablation.
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Background: Endoscopic adrenalectomy is currently performed using multiple ports placed either transabdominally or retroperitoneally. We report our initial experience with single-incision retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy (SIRA).
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Question: What is the association of initial neck dissection with the need for reoperation in medullary thyroid carcinoma?
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