{"id":2843,"date":"2021-12-08T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=2843"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:38:06","slug":"hyperparathyroidism","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/hyperparathyroidism\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperparathyroidism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with hyperparathyroidism. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) that treats hyperparathyroidism without surgery. While significant work has been accomplished, there is still much to be done before this technology will be widely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of hyperparathyroidism include medication or invasive surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications and lower cost.<br><br>Advantages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is noninvasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of hyperparathyroidism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Hypoparathyroidism&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for hyperparathyroidism is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kovatcheva R, Vlahov J, Stoinov J, Lacoste F, Ortuno C, Zaletel K.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24895038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound as a promising non-invasive method for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism.<\/a>&nbsp;Eur Radiol. 2014 Sep;24(9):2052-8. doi: 10.1007\/s00330-014-3252-4.<br><br>Kovatcheva RD, Vlahov JD, Stoinov JI, Kirilov GG, Krivoshiev SG, Arnaud F, Ortuno C, Dr\u00fceke TB.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22015443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">High-intensity focussed ultrasound (HIFU) treatment in uraemic secondary hyperparathyroidism.<\/a>&nbsp;Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Jan;27(1):76-80. doi: 10.1093\/ndt\/gfr590.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambrosini CE, Cianferotti L, Picone A, Torregrossa L, Segnini G, Frustaci G, Cetani F, Basolo F, Marcocci C, Miccoli P.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22156903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">High-intensity focused ultrasound as an alternative to the surgical approach in primary hyperparathyroidism: a preliminary experience.<\/a>&nbsp;J Endocrinol Invest. 2011 Oct;34(9):655-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kovatcheva RD, Vlahov JD, Shinkov AD, Borissova AM, Hwang JH, Arnaud F, Heged\u00fcs L.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20858805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">High-intensity focused ultrasound to treat primary hyperparathyroidism: a feasibility study in four patients.<\/a>&nbsp;AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Oct;195(4):830-5. doi: 10.2214\/AJR.09.3932.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22parathyroid%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[24],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[20],"class_list":["post-2843","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-endocrine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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