Autotransplantation of parathyroid grafts into the tibialis anterior muscle after parathyroidectomy: a novel autotransplantation site

BMC Surgery

Hubertus Schmitz-Winnenthal²  Markus W. Büchler²  Gottfried Rudofsky³  Simon Schimmack²  Matthias Lang¹  Chrysanthi Anamaterou¹ 

[1] Department of Medicine I and Clinical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany;Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany;Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Olten, Baslerstrasse 150, Olten, 4600, Switzerland

关键词: Casanova-test;    Autotransplantation;    Parathyroidectomy;    Renal hyperparathyroidism;   

Others  :  1228363
DOI  :  10.1186/s12893-015-0098-x

 received in 2015-02-19, accepted in 2015-10-05,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Surgical management of renal secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) is varying. Total parathyroidectomy with heterotopic autotransplantation (TPTX + AT) is one of the standard surgical procedures in sHPT, but there is no consensus about the optimal site for graft insertion. At the surgical department of the University Hospital of Heidelberg we prefer the autotransplantation into the tibialis anterior muscle. The aim of this study was to assess the long-term function of the auto-transplanted parathyroid tissue in this type of surgical procedure.

Methods

The function of the autograft of 42 patients was assessed 8.2 ± 2.5 years after surgery, using a modified Casanova-test of the leg bearing the parathyroid tissue. Ischemic blockage was induced by tourniquet and the levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) were assessed during the test.

Results

At the point of assessment, the ischemic blockage led to a significant reduction in the concentration of PTH (≥50 % of the baseline value) in 19 patients (45 %) indicating well-functioning autografts. In 11 patients (26 %), ischemic blockage did not cause any change in the concentration of PTH (≤20 % of the baseline value), indicating functioning residual parathyroid tissue from another site. The source of PTH production was classified as unidentifiable in five patients (12 %). Two patients had developed graft-dependent recurrent HPT (5 %) without therapeutic consequences and three patients suffered from persistent symptomatic hypoparathyroidism (7 %).

Conclusions

These results indicate that TPTX + AT into the tibialis anterior muscle is a successful surgical treatment for renal HPT and that the modified Casanova-test is a suitable diagnostic tool for autografts function.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Anamaterou et al.

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