Table 2.

Clinical Summary for the Four Patients With Recovery of Postoperative Hypoparathyroidism

Case	Age, y	Race	Gender	Original Diagnosis	Autotransplanted Tissue?	Duration of Hypoparathyroidism Before Recovery, y
1	68	White	Female	Primary hyperparathyroidism	No	15
2	63	White	Female	Primary hyperparathyroidism	No	16
3	39	White	Female	Graves' disease	Yes, neck	14
4	47	White	Female	Primary hyperparathyroidism	Yes, strap muscle	8

Recovery was defined by: 1) serum calcium and PTH levels within the normal range at least 1 week off PTH(1–84) therapy; 2) elemental calcium supplementation <1 g daily; and 3) no supplemental active vitamin D therapy.