[Personal experience with surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney failure. I. Etiopathogenesis of secondary hyperparathyroidism, preoperative findings, indications for parathyroidectomy].

The authors give an account of the fundamental relations of the calcium-phosphate metabolism in conjunction with the development of secondary HPT in chronic renal failure. The authors analyzed a group of 20 patients operated on account of secondary and tertiary forms of HPT as regards preoperative findings. The analysis comprised the clinical condition, biochemical, radiological and histological findings pertaining to bone, along with evidence of enlarged parathyroid glands by computed tomography and ultrasonography. The mentioned findings supplemented by some findings from the literature are the sum of indications for PTE. From the practical aspect they are indicators of the affection, of a high total ALP blood level and X-ray evidence of subperiostal absorption.