Cost-Effectiveness of Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Delayed autotransplantation of cryopreserved parathyroid tissue (DACP) is the only surgical treatment for permanent postoperative hypoparathyroidism. Studies suggest that only a small minority of cryopreserved samples are ultimately autotransplanted with highly variable outcomes. For these reasons, many have questioned the economic utility of the process, although, to the authors' knowledge, this has never been formally studied.

Objective

To report the clinical outcomes of parathyroid cryopreservation and DACP at a large academic institution and to determine the cost-effectiveness of this treatment.

Design, setting, and participants

An institutional review board-approved, retrospective review of patients at a single institution who underwent DACP over a 17-

SUBMITTER: Frye CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10955396 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature