[Excision under local anesthesia of parathyroid adenomas. Criteria of selection and control of effectiveness. 35 cases].

Primary hyperparathyroidism caused by an adenoma that has been identified and localized by ultrasonography can be treated through a limited approach route, under local anaesthesia, provided the effect of excision is controlled by a perioperative assay of urinary cAMP or, preferably, of plasma parathormone level, and provided the contra-indications of this method are respected. Thirty-three out of 35 patients have been successfully operated upon by this method. In case of failure confirmed by laboratory tests, local anaesthesia was only a prelude to cervicotomy under general anaesthesia.