Effect of parathyroidectomy on quality of life and neuropsychological symptoms in primary hyperparathyroidismTheresia Weber
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
World J Surg 31:1202-9. 2007
..Therefore, surgery for PHPT seems to be effective in reducing neuropsychological morbidity associated with PHPT...
Clinical impact of two different intraoperative parathyroid hormone assays in primary and renal hyperparathyroidismSonja Kerstin Meyer
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Eur J Endocrinol 160:275-81. 2009
..Intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring predicts successful surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). In renal HPT, intraoperative PTH assays can define whether parathyroid resection is adequate...
Detection and prognostic relevance of cytokeratin 20 in differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas by RT-PCRFriedrich Hubertus Schmitz-Winnenthal
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Surgery 134:964-71; discussion 971-2. 2003
..We suggest that patients with thyroid cancer with positive CK20 blood samples should be evaluated for further adjuvant therapies after surgery...
Localization of hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands by selective venous sampling in reoperation for primary or secondary hyperparathyroidismMargot A Reidel
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Medical School, Germany
Surgery 140:907-13; discussion 913. 2006
..The aim of our study was to evaluate the results of selective venous sampling (SVS) of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients undergoing surgery for primary (75%) or secondary (25%) hyperparathyroidism (HPT)...
Thyroid carcinomaTheresia Weber
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Curr Opin Oncol 18:30-5. 2006
..Our review therefore displays the most recent clinical practices for diagnosis and operative treatment of differentiated and medullary thyroid carcinoma...
Impact of intraoperative parathyroid hormone levels on surgical results in patients with renal hyperparathyroidismTheresia Weber
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
World J Surg 29:1176-9. 2005
..0432). Intraoperative PTH measurement with a decrease in intraoperative PTH of at least 90% is highly predictive of successful parathyroidectomy and normalization of postoperative calcium and PTH levels...
Urokinase receptor, MMP-1 and MMP-9 are markers to differentiate prognosis, adenoma and carcinoma in thyroid malignanciesDaniel Buergy
Department of Experimental Surgery and Molecular Oncology of Solid Tumors, Mannheim Faculty, University of Heidelberg, and DKFZ Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Int J Cancer 125:894-901. 2009
..This is the first study to suggest MMP-1/-9 as significant differentiation markers between follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma...
A case of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection following bile duct stentingMarkus-K Diener
Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
World J Gastroenterol 11:1396-8. 2005
..CONCLUSION: As biliary stents can cause severe infection of the bile, the need for pre-operative placement of biliary stents should be carefully evaluated in each individual case...
Detection of hematogenic and lymphogenic tumor cell dissemination in patients with medullary thyroid carcinoma by cytokeratin 20 and preprogastrin-releasing peptide RT-PCRTheresia Weber
Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Int J Cancer 103:126-31. 2003
..Our results of disseminated MTC cells in 26% of histologically tumor-free cervical lymph nodes and in 28% of the blood samples of patients with MTC might therefore explain the low biochemical cure rates...
Parathyroidectomy for renal hyperparathyroidism in children and adolescentsKatja Schlosser
Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Philipps University, Baldingerstrasse 35033, Marburg, Germany
World J Surg 32:801-6. 2008
..Only a few reports on children undergoing PTX for rHPT are available and mainly consist of case reports with short follow-up periods. To study this entity, we analyzed the course of 23 pediatic patients who underwent PTX for rHPT...