The Parathyroid Forum

[LoriO]

Hi Dave,

Figured it was getting a little off topic for the other thread so I figured I would start a new one for ya.

To answer your question, I just had my surgery last week and it was done without anesthesia. My surgery was done at Yale-New Haven Hospital and was done with a sedative and a local. They will use anesthesia if needed but they prefer going with the sedative and local.

Here is the contact information for my surgeon here in the US, his name is Dr Tobias Carling.

http://www.yalemedicalgroup.org/YMG/dir ... ctID=67650

I'm pretty sure that you are in the UK Dave, but Dr Carling is originally from Sweden so perhaps he would be able to direct you to a surgeon there in Europe that can do the surgery without anesthesia for you.

[Admin]

Hi Dave,

Has a local nerve block with sedation been offered or even looked at for you?
My father had an endarterectomy (essentially scraping the plaque out of his furred artery to the brain) on his carotid artery whilst under a local with no sedation so he could answer questions and they could check for brain damage.
What I'm trying to get across is that a non-general anaesthetic can be an option even in extreme cases like my fathers. I have read that a local with sedation can still be a risk in cases like yours - it's the sedation which is the problem and I suppose the there is sedation and sedation, one in which you are relaxed but not asleep would be less of a risk. I understand that the local with sedation can be offered in the UK generally only for a focused/mini parathyroid operation, but very rarely for a full exploration of all 4 glands.
The problem with parathyroid problems is that many of the symptoms make us more at risk for surgery (like high blood pressure) the catch 22 being that if we didn't have the parathyroid disease we'd be healthier and better candidates for surgery we wouldn't need.


Simon