Marked and sustained increase in bone mineral density after parathyroidectomy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism; a six‐year longitudinal study with or without parathyroidectomy in a Japanese population

Abstract

We demonstrated that PTX led to marked and sustained increases in BMD not only at L2-L4 but also at R1/3 in Japanese pHPT patients, including postmenopausal women. The preoperative PTH level could be a clinically useful index for predicting long-term BMD changes after PTX.