Parathyroid Education on Video
High blood calcium, hyperparathyroidism, parathyroid gland problems, low vitamin D, and parathyroid surgery! Everything you want to know about parathyroid disease on VIDEO.
Featured Flicks are 3-10 minute videos with detailed information on many parathyroid subjects. Enjoy!
Parathyroid Operation: State of the art Mini Parathyroid Surgery in 13 Minutes.
Inside the OR with Dr. Norman as he performs a parathyroid mini surgery under 13 minutes. This state of the art parathyroid operation evaluates all four parathyroid glands, curing hyperparathyroidism.
Parathyroid Tumors And Sestamibi Scans: How to Read The Scan
Learn what Sestamibi scans should and should NOT be used for and why you don’t need a scan until day of surgery.
Parathyroid Surgery Pre-op Chat with Dr. Norman
Listen in as Dr. Norman chats with a patient before their parathyroid operation.
Parathyroid Glands Can’t Be Anywhere
Parathyroid glands can’t be everywhere and an experienced surgeon can take less than 20 minutes to complete and MIRP “mini” surgery even if there is a negative sestamibi scan.
What Is Calcium And Why Is It So Important?
Learn how Calcium is affected by parathyroid glands and how parathyroid glands are the control system for the levels of calcium in your body.
Hyperparathyroidism: Three Most Commonly Asked Questions
Parathyroid Disease and the three most commonly asked questions.
Part III : NIH Criteria Evaluation and Discussion
Dr. Politz from the Norman Parathyroid Center and Tampa General Hospital, talks about where the NIH guidelines came from and why, the percentages of people with parathyroid tumors that are outside some of these guidelines, and how endocrinologists can be proactive with this disease. Part
The Norman Parathyroid Center: Who we are and what to expect
Learn why Norman Parathyroid Center has hyperparathyroidism cure rates over 99% and why ALL patients can have MIRP “mini” surgery even with negative scans.
Parathyroid surgery: The probe is used for measuring parathyroid hormone.
During parathyroid surgery, Drs. Norman and Politz us the probe to measure the parathyroid hormone NOT to localize the tumor. The probe measures the amount of parathyroid homone being produced by the parathyroid glands. The parathyroid tumor has higher measurements than a normal parathyroid gland.
Part I : Parathyroid Disease- Areas of Confusion in Diagnosing Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Shows how 1,445 endocrinologists did workups on more than 10,000 patients with high calcium levels and the trends of endocrinologists around the world in diagnosing primary hyperparathyroidism. Also discussed is how FHH cannot be distinguished from PHPT with a 24 hr urine test.