MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOGUIDED PARATHYROID SURGERY. Many thanks.
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Unfortunately I won’t be able to tell you the name of the doctor in the Pennsylvania because I don’t live there. I know that this procedure is not a simple one because there are a lot of small nerve in the neck, so in some cases it is hard for surgeons to get to your parathyroid gland. You have to talk to your doctor about this and ask him to explain how is the procedure don and what are the main risks that are involved in the procedure. You also have to know that surgeons that do this are very good surgeons so you should be in good hands. I hope this helped a bit.
All the best to you,
Karen
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As far as a highly skilled surgeon within your state, Dr. Michael Stang is outstanding. Best wishes.
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If your looking for something no too far from Eastern Pennsylvania there is also The New York Center for Advanced Parathyroid Surgery in Goshen, NY
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Patient experience teaches that one is much better off to be wise in choosing their PT surgeon from the AAES's recommended list.
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It will be easy for you to look up and go see Dr.Douglas Fraker in Philadelphia. He is at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He does minimally invasive surgery to remove bad parathyroid glands. He is highly experienced and does not do it exactly like the radioguilded surgery, but I would say is just as good. I just had my surgery done on Friday.
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The New York Center for Advanced Parathyroid Surgery has assured me that they check all four glands in most patients whenever possible. Depending on where you are located the New York Center for Advanced Parathyroid Surgery is not too far from the NE corner of PA. They are located at 15 Maple Ave., Warwick, NY 10990. There wesite can be found here: http://www.advancedparathyroid.com/
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@firebird56 Who is AAES and FB? Does anyone know anything about this facility? http://rvsurgery.net/parathyroid.html
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A surgeon in Hershey, PA http://endocrinesurgery.org/membership/search/rosshowind.phtml?passid=446
Only problem may be is that he may not examine all parathyroid glands during surgery.
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I had a parathyroid adenoma removed in 2006 by Dr. Gordon Kauffman at Hershey Medical Center. I have a 1 and 1/2" (barely visible) scar. I found Dr. Kauffman to be a compassionate, excellent surgeon. I spent the night at Hershey to montior my post surgery calcium, and recovery was easy. I actually woke up from anesthesia clear headed and feeling GREAT. The only possible downside is that Dr. Kauffman had med students training with him. I had no problem with that.
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It's always a bit of an extra comfort when we find our parathyroid surgeons are listed on the AAES's webpage (American Association of Endocrine Surgeon's) and he's certainly one of them, but yes,
a very big problem
if the majority of time he performs focused surgery.
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Unfortunately, and very sadly, the surgeon does not always exercise due diligence in several patients of which I am aware, in not performing a bi-lateral exploration, & in at least two patients, failed to obtain a satisfactory/recommended ioPTH level drop before concluding surgery.
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