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We sought to determine if ex vivo radioactivity measurement could be used to predict parathyroid pathology and guide surgical decision-making in a time-efficient manner.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with primary hyperparathyroidism who underwent parathyroidectomy at our institution (2000-2022). All patients received a preoperative injection of 10mCi of 99Tc. Intraoperatively, radioactivity was measured by a gamma counter within 5 seconds. The ratio of radioactive counts of resected parathyroid glands (ex vivo) to background thyroid tissue (radioactive ratio [RR]) was calculated. Patient demographics, preoperative laboratory measurements, and RRs were compared between patients with single-gland disease (SGD) versus multigland disease (MGD). The predictive threshold for SGD was subsequently validated on the following cohort of 115 patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Of 2368 patients included, 1585 (66.9%) patients had SGD, and 783 (33.1%) had MGD. Patients with SGD had higher median (IQR) RRs than the MGD group (0.8 [0.5-1.3] vs 0.4 [0.3-0.7], P\u2005&amp;lt;.001). After adjusting for age, preoperative calcium and PTH, reoperative parathyroidectomy, and gland weight, the RR was an independent predictor (OR 2.155, P\u2005&amp;lt;.001) of SGD. A receiver operating characteristic curve was plotted using the RR to predict the likelihood of SGD. The positive predictive value (PPV) reached a plateau at 85.3% when RR was 1.2. When the threshold of 1.2 was used in the validation cohort, the PPV was 92.3%.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Ex vivo radioactivity measurement provides an instantaneous and reliable prediction of parathyroid pathology, which could be used as an adjunct to guide surgical decision-making during parathyroidectomy.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/oncolo\/oyaf091","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,16]],"date-time":"2025-05-16T12:54:09Z","timestamp":1747400049000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Using ex vivo radioactivity measurement to differentiate parathyroid single-gland and multigland 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