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Background: Preserving parathyroid function during thyroidectomy is crucial, but remains challenging. Real-time near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) aids surgeons in intraoperative parathyroid gland (PTG) identification. However, its role in detecting PTGs unintentionally removed during surgery is unclear.
Study Design: This prospective study included adult patients undergoing endoscopic thyroidectomy. Surgeons identified and documented PTGs visually. Excised specimens underwent visual inspection and NIRAF imaging (PDE-Neo II). All fluorescent tissues were dissected and pathologically evaluated (reference standard). One scanned image per lobe was chosen to quantify autofluorescence (AF) intensity.
Results: Overall, 95 patients underwent endoscopic thyroidectomies, with NIRAF imaging applied to 152 excised lobes. Of these, 19 lobes displayed a total of 23 spots with increased intensity. 175 specimens were sent for pathological evaluation, and 7 were confirmed to be parathyroid tissue. NIRAF demonstrated 100.0 % sensitivity and 90.5 % specificity for predicting parathyroid tissue, with 30.4 % positive predictive value, 100.0 % negative predictive value of and 90.9 % accuracy. Quantitatively normalized, the AF signal intensity was significantly higher in NIRAF-positive tissues than negative (4.3 vs 1.2 times, p < 0.0001). Additionally, the AF signal intensity in regions pathologically confirmed of parathyroid tissue was higher than non-parathyroid tissue (9.1 vs 2.1 times, p < 0.0001).
Conclusion: This study suggests that NIRAF has high sensitivity and specificity for detecting inadvertently resected PTGs after endoscopic thyroidectomy, contributing to preservation efforts. However, NIRAF-positive tissues still require additional confirmation through multiple methods, emphasizing other examinations to verify that they are indeed parathyroid tissues. Further research is warranted to refine NIRAF imaging parameters.
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