WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.39, sa.3, ss.701-705, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Introduction Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (THPT) are disease entities in patients with chronic kidney disease that are caused by parathyroid hyperplasia. The role of preoperative localization studies in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for these conditions remains poorly defined.