A tissue transplant operation from a woman with an overactive parathyroid gland to a mother without parathyroid glands has been completed successfully, a doctor has confirmed.
The operation, performed for the first time among first-degree relatives, is expected to enter the medical literature, said Yeditepe University Hospitals Endocrine Surgery Specialist Prof. Dr. Erhan Ayşan, the endocrine surgeon who performed the transplant in a Turkish hospital.
Ayşan also stressed that he is proud to realize this first and that the successful result achieved can set a precedent and that satisfactory results can be obtained in similar cases.
Noting that the parathyroid glands, located just behind the thyroid gland, were the smallest organs of the human body, the expert said that due to the small size of the parathyroid glands, they can be overlooked and damaged in thyroid surgeries, and as a result, patients may experience lifelong calcium deficiency problems.
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