Outcomes

Parathyroid operations tend to have very good outcomes, with improvement or resolution of symptoms occurring in the majority of patients.

When can I expect to feel better after surgery? I’ve been feeling terrible.

This is a great question. Unfortunately there isn’t a single answer for everyone. On average, most people will feel better within a few weeks after surgery, and this improvement can continue for months. But that is just the average. I have had patients who wake up after surgery and felt like a cloud was lifted. They feel amazing, right after the operation. These patients are rare, but they happ...

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How is parathyroid hyperplasia different from a parathyroid tumor? I had a parathyroid operation for primary hyperparathyroidism and was told that I had hyperplasia. Am I going to have the same benefit from surgery as someone with a tumor?

Parathyroid hyperplasia is a form of hyperparathyroidism in which all four glands are overactive. In the most common form of primary hyperparathyroidism, a patient will have one or two parathyroid adenomas, benign tumors that grow from the parathyroid glands. But some patients have hyperplasia, which is not caused by parathyroid tumors. It is simply an enlargement and overactivity of all of the...

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