Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Parathyroid surgery" and "Society guideline links: Vitamin D deficiency" and "Society guideline links: Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder".)

International

●Fourth International Workshop on the Management of Asymptomatic PHPT: Guidelines for the management of asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism (2014)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on parathyroid adenoma (2021)

●American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES): Guidelines for definitive management of primary hyperparathyroidism (2016)

Europe

●European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM): Practice guidelines for parathyroid imaging (2021)

●European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES): Positional statement on modern techniques in pHPT surgery (2009)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on hyperparathyroidism (primary) – Diagnosis, assessment and initial management (2019)

Japan

●Japanese Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES): Guideline on thyroid and parathyroid glands (2015)