Introduction: Parathyroid surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism is challenging when preoperative
investigations fail to localise the parathyroid adenoma. New methodology enables faster
intraoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) assessment, to support decision-making during
surgery. We optimised a PTH assay by reducing antibody incubation times, with the
aim of decreasing the delay during parathyroid operations whilst waiting for intraoperative
PTH results, thus providing shorter and safer procedures for patients.
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