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We evaluate age-related differences in clinical characteristics, perioperative outcomes, postoperative complications, and biochemical responses, including bone turnover markers, after parathyroidectomy for PHPT. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 596 patients who underwent parathyroidectomy between 2009 and 2022, stratified into three age groups: &lt;65, 65\u201374, and \u226575 years (Group A, n = 401; Group B, n = 141; and Group C, n = 54, respectively). Demographics, comorbidities, operative details, complications, pathology, and biochemical parameters were compared between the groups. Results: Older patients exhibited a higher prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and chronic kidney disease (all p &lt; 0.01), whereas multiple endocrine neoplasias were more frequent in younger patients (p = 0.002). Younger patients had a longer operation time (p = 0.006). There were no significant intergroup differences in postoperative hospital stay and complication rates, including transient hypoparathyroidism, hungry bone syndrome, and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Pathologic diagnoses were comparable, with single adenoma being most common (81.0\u201386.2%). The postoperative calcium and parathyroid hormone levels normalized in all groups. Younger patients had higher baseline bone turnover markers and demonstrated greater absolute reductions postoperatively (p = 0.030 and p = 0.042, respectively); however, improvements were observed in all age groups. Conclusions: When appropriately selected, parathyroidectomy is safe and effective in all age groups, including older patients with comorbidities. Considering its evident biochemical and skeletal benefits, age should not preclude surgical intervention for PHPT.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14217740","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,3]],"date-time":"2025-11-03T18:21:46Z","timestamp":1762194106000},"page":"7740","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Age-Related Differences in Surgical and Biochemical Outcomes Following Parathyroidectomy for Primary Hyperparathyroidism"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-9621-0585","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eun Jin","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5121-8462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jin Kyong","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5355-833X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang-Wook","family":"Kang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4090-0049","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jandee","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4155-6035","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jong Ju","family":"Jeong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6852-1190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kee-Hyun","family":"Nam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0291-8048","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Woong Youn","family":"Chung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"16033","DOI":"10.1038\/nrdp.2016.33","article-title":"Primary hyperparathyroidism","volume":"2","author":"Bilezikian","year":"2016","journal-title":"Nat. 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