[Surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism. Apropos of 11 cases]

Over a period of 10 years, 11 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism were operated on and identified as 7 adenomas and 4 hyperplasias. One post-operative death was noted in a 80 year woman with advanced disease. Three hypocalcemias and one temporary unilateral recurrent nerve plasy were observed. After the results of this series, various clinical forms were identified and surgical modalities were altered according to the intra operative findings.