From: Real-time imaging of ipsilateral parathyroid glands by retrograde injection of methylene blue into the superior thyroid artery: a new intraoperative parathyroid protection method
Identification by the naked eye
ICGT-confirmed results
Total
Inferior parathyroid gland
Not inferior parathyroid gland
Local blue staining
54
9
63
No local blue staining
24
7
31
78
16
94