Parathyroid surgery can be safely performed in a community hospital by experienced parathyroid surgeons: A retrospective cohort study

Abstract

Our results showed that experienced parathyroid surgeons will achieve comparable excellent outcomes of parathyroid surgery at both community and academic-based centers. As the field of endocrine surgery evolves and matures, producing young fellowship-trained endocrine surgeons, there will be growing need for expanding the niche of endocrine surgery into community-based hospital settings, which eventually will contribute to expanding and equalizing access to high-quality surgical care across urban and rural areas.