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THYROID, FRANCIS
Edited by: Terry Francis Davies, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United StatesReviewed by: Mehmet Taner Ünlü, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Türkiye; Pablo Moreno Llorente, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, SpainThis article was submitted to Thyroid Endocrinology, a section of the journal Frontiers in EndocrinologyHypoparathyroidism is an important factor that seriously affects the quality of life of patients after thyroidectomy. This study aimed to optimize the surgical procedure for parathyroid identification using near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) during thyroidectomy.