Tracy Yarbrough

Abstract Importance Preoperative parathyroid localization has been a great advance in the success of surgery for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) over the past 40 years. Objective To highlight the amount of radiation exposure from contemporary parathyroid imaging options and to suggest intentional imaging use in planning for parathyroidectomy. Evidence Review Contemporary parathyroid imaging modalities and their respective radiation exposure were reviewed.