The difficult parathyroid: advice to find elusive gland(s) and avoid or navigate reoperation

Affiliations

• ¹ Co-Director, Pre-College Research Internship for Students from Minority Backgrounds (PRISM), University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
• ² Section of Endocrine Surgery, Chief Wellness Officer, Department of Surgery, Program Director, UAB Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Dean, UAB Graduate Medical Education, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
• ³ Endocrine Surgery of the Neck, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
• ⁴ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
• ⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL. Electronic address: bcstackjr@gmail.com.