Parathyroid reservation in the surgery of thyroid carcinoma        WU Yi. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC),Shanghai 200032, China
Abstract    Since the incidence of thyroid carcinoma has been elevated, the number of patients received the radical surgery of bilateral thyroid carcinoma has also increased. Hypoparathyroidism is a major complication after total thyroidectomy due to the anatomy and vascularation. The superior parathyroid should be reserved in situ, as for the inferior parathyroid, in situ vascularized prarathyroid reservation combined with parathyroid autotransplantation should be applied. Effort should be made to ensure the reservation of each parathyroid as long as the radical dissection of original tumor has been done.