Surgical technique
ischaemia
ISCHAEMIA
All patients had surgery with a standard Kocher incision and high extracapsular dissection of the thyroid gland. After division of the middle thyroid vein, the thyroid lobe was rotated medially. In the control group, parathyroid glands were identified and preserved meticulously whenever possible, but were not searched for, if not in the immediate operative field. After resection of the second lobe, the thyroid specimen was evaluated by the naked eye for any suspected parathyroid tissue.In the intervention group, FluobeamIn both groups, autotransplantation of parathyroid tissue was performed at the discretion of the surgeon, and it was noted whether this was due to suspected ischaemia of the parathyroid gland or for anatomical reasons.