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Operative procedures and pathology of PHPT patients with concomitant thyroid disease
| Number | |
| Concomitant thyroid nodules | 22 |
| Ipsilateral | 13 |
| Contralateral | 7 |
| Bilateral | 2 |
| Operative procedure | |
| Minimally invasive parathyroid exploration and hemithyroidectomy via the original mini-incision | 7 |
| Conversion to thyroid exploration with a standard Kocher incision | 15 |
| Pathology of thyroid | |
| Nodular goiter | 17 |
| Thyroiditis | 2 |
| Adenoma | 2 |
| Papillary carcinoma | 1 |
