A 10-Year Experience in Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Measurements for Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Prospective Study of 91 Previous Unexplored Patients

Table 4

False results of IOPTH.

Patient	Biochemical			Localization tests		Surgical findings	IOPTH			Decision	IOPTH results
	tCa	iCa	PTH	Ultrasound	Sestamibi		Preinc	Postex	Decay
M, 40 y	12.6	1.94	455	Right	Right	Cystic Adenoma	798	524	34.3%	Rupture of the cyst	FN
F, 62 y	12.8	1.68	181	Neg	Left	Solitary Adenoma	209	116	44.5%	Bilateral dissection with 3 normal glands	FN
F, 59 y	10.6	1.52	159	Right	Right	Solitary Adenoma	216	106	50.9%	End of procedure	FP
F, 62 y	13.4	2.60	2800	Right	Right	Carcinoma	2480	394	84.1%	End of procedure	FP

Preinc: preincision; postex: postexcision; FN: false-negative; FP: false-positive.