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PAPERS: Charlotte L Mollerup, Peter Vestergaard, Vibe Gedsø Frøkjær, Leif Mosekilde, Peer Christiansen, and Mogens Blichert-Toft Risk of renal stone events in primary hyperparathyroidism before and after parathyroid surgery: controlled retrospective follow up study BMJ 2002; 325: 807 [Abstract] [Full text]

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Incongruent headlines

Ron Law   (14 October 2002)

Incongruent headlines 14 October 2002
Ron Law, Beyond Alternative Solutions Send response to journal: Re: Incongruent headlines	It is a shame the "Parathyroidectomy doesn't cure renal stone disease" headline of the 'This Week in BMJ" (http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7368/0/e) doesn't match the optimistic conclusions of the authors of the study. One also has to ask if this is a controlled study. Shouldn't the control have been someone with PTH but left untreated? It could be that not undergoing surgery might have resulted in the same outcome. We'll never know.