Clinical efficacy of parathyroid autotransplantation into the forearm muscle in thyroid surgery: a retrospective cohort study on functional restoration
Lifen Bai, Huiyin Zhu, Ling Zhou, Sheng Liu · 2026
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Lifen Bai, Huiyin Zhu, Ling Zhou, and Sheng Liu review, in twenty twenty-six, thyroid surgery patients whose parathyroid glands were transplanted into a forearm muscle. The parathyroids regulate calcium; saving them during thyroid surgery prevents lasting hormone loss. Fifty-two patients had a gland moved into the brachioradialis, a forearm muscle. Blood hormone levels were measured on both arms over time, and cases of low function were recorded. Hormone levels on the transplant side exceeded the other side from week one through one year.
Working grafts rose from about two percent on day one to about forty percent at week one, and about eighty-five percent at one month. They settled near seventy-three percent after a year. Transient low function hit about seventeen percent of patients, with no permanent cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lifen Bai, Huiyin Zhu, Ling Zhou, Sheng Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |