I was in the dark when a suregon of ours wanted us to cryopreserve
parathyroid tissue for re-implementation.  He told us just to freeze in a
dry sterile container at -70C.  Well, in CAP TODAY, May, 2000 in the Q&A
some asked if you could just freeze in a dry, sterile cup and the answer is
quite lengthy.  Basically the answer is no.  If you can get your hands on a
copy of the CAP TODAY from May, Q&A is on page 116.  If not you can contact
me and I could fax the page to you.

Good Luck.
Dawn Schneider, HT(ASCP)
Howard Young Medical Center
Woodruff, WI  54568
(715)356-8174
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Latino <latinoma@yahoo.com>
To: HistoNet Server <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:13 PM
Subject: parathyroids


>We have a new ENT at our hospital that wants to
>harvest parathyroids with the possibility of
>reimplanatation back into the patient.  Does anyone
>out there have a procedure to do this?  I'm generally
>wondering how we in pathology got involved with this.
>
>Thanks,
>Mary Latino PA
>Nyack Hospital
>Nyack, NY
>
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