Intraoperative detection of parathyroid glands by autofluorescence identification using image-based system: report of 15 cases

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study cohort

Patient ID	Sex	Age at operation, years, mean	FNAB class	Operation	Diagnosis	Histopathological features	Tumor size, cm	Tumor foci, n =	Location of tumor foci	Preoperative Ca²⁺, mmol/l	Postoperative Ca²⁺, mmol/l	Postoperative PTH, pg/ml
1	M	41	6	TTE, CND, bilateral LND	PTC	Classic variant	1.8	6	Bilateral	1.27	1.08	4.6
2	M	38	6	TTE, CND	PTC	Follicular variant	1.5	1	Unilateral	1.17	1.14	28.9
3	M	56	6	TTE, CND, right LND	PTC	Classic variant, microcarcinoma	0.5	3	Bilateral	1.16	1.18	19.3
4	F	30	5	HTE right, CND	PTC	Classic variant, microcarcinoma	0.5	1	Unilateral	1.31	1.09	31.1
5	F	55	2	HTE right	PTC	Classic variant, microcarcinoma	0.4	1	Unilateral	1.2	1.2	46.2
6	M	77	2	TTE	PTC	Classic variant, microcarcinoma	0.2	1	Unilateral	1.2	1.14	37.7
7	M	38	5	TTE, CND, bilateral LND	PTC	Follicular variant, microcarcinoma	0.4	2	Unilateral	1.3	1.15	4.6
8	F	41	6	TTE, CND, lateral LND	PTC	Follicular variant, microcarcinoma	0.4	3	Bilateral	1.17	1.13	7.0
9	F	34	6	TTE, CND	MTC	Microcarcinoma	0.5	1	Unilateral	1.19	1.17	4.6
10	F	40	3	HTE left	NG, toxic adenoma	n/a	3.5	n/a	n/a	1.21	1.17	n/a
11	F	45	4	TTE	FTA	n/a	3.0	n/a	n/a	1.28	1.06	20.9
12	F	34	4	HTE right	FTA	n/a	3.53	n/a	n/a	1.18	1.18	35.4
13	F	57	n/a	TTE	DTG	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.28	1.09	73.9
14	F	55	1	Right upper PTE, TTE	PTA, MNG	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.36	1.18	21.2
15	F	27	n/a	Right PTE	PTA	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.5	1.22	44

F, female; M, male; FNAB, fine-needle aspiration biopsy class by Bethesda classification; TTE, total thyroidectomy; CND, central compartment neck dissection; LND, lateral neck dissection; HTE, hemithyroidectomy; PTE, parathyroidectomy; PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma; MTC, medullary thyroid carcinoma; NG, nodular goiter; FTA, follicular thyroid adenoma; DTG, diffuse toxic goiter; PTA, parathyroid adenoma; MNG, multinodular goiter

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