Fig. 1From: Localization and surgical approach to mediastinal parathyroid glandsFlow chart of patients from initial identification criteria to final outcome. Flow was divided according to the success of finding parathyroid tissue. Green boxes represent those cases when a PTG was not found or there was a change in surgical approach. Transthoracic approaches included VATS, robotic-assisted thoracoscopy, sternotomy, thoracotomy, and Chamberlain approachBack to article page