Surgical training program of parathyroidectomy for residents in a national center: a cohort of 122 cases.

Cohort studySurgery in practice and science· Jun 2026

Surgical training program of parathyroidectomy for residents in a national center: a cohort of 122 cases.

Qiaofei Liu, An Song, Shiji Cheng … Quan Liao

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Endocrine SurgeryCohort studyQ3IF 1.3

Serum parathyroid hormone normalized after resident-performed parathyroidectomy in most patients.

Surgical training program of parathyroidectomy for residents in a national center: a cohort of 122 cases.

Qiaofei Liu … Quan Liao

Surgery in practice and science · Jun 2026 · Q3 in Surgery

Background

Primary hyperparathyroidism (primary hyperparathyroidism) is a relatively uncommon endocrine disorder in China.

Purpose

After completing the training program, residents become proficient in diagnosis and perioperative care, and can perform simple cases under the supervision of senior surgeons.

Methods

Residents were enrolled in a surgical training program under the guidance of experienced senior surgeons.

n = 110 cases

Results

most patients had parathyroid hormone drop back to normal after surgery

89.3%

PTH normalized

90.2%

Calcium normalized

More results

The mean age was 53.2 ± 13.8 years, and 71.3 % (87 cases) were female.

The mean tumor size was 20.6 ± 10.9 mm, and the mean operative time was 73.2±28.6 minutes.

Only 4 cases (3.3 %) exhibited both parathyroid hormone and calcium levels above the upper limit value on postoperative day 1.

More results

Among the 55 residents who responded to the questionnaire (91.7 %), all reported satisfaction with the training.

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Conclusion

In a high-volume center, a parathyroidectomy surgical training program proves feasible and beneficial for residents to master surgical treatment of this rare disease.

Surgical training program of parathyroidectomy for residents in a national center: a cohort of 122 cases.

Surgical training program of parathyroidectomy for residents in a national center: a cohort of 122 cases.

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