Para-aortic Paraganglioma - Preoperative Embolization and Surgical Resection - Response to Letter to the Editor - Preoperative planning in paraganglioma resection, Evolving strategies for safer outcomes

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Response to a Letter to the Editor addresses safer outcomes in paraganglioma surgery with emphasis on preoperative planning. The authors thank commentators, confirm the validity of more detailed preoperative neuroendocrine functional evaluation for carotid body tumors, and note that intraoperative hemodynamic complications are common, with severe events still possible even when the presented case had no complications. The response further clarifies that biochemical evaluation details were limited because assessment was completed externally, while postoperative biochemical follow-up remains ongoing. Additional sections cover data availability, author contributions, conflicts of interest, and funding.

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Letter to the Editor

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Biochemical evaluation and follow-up

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Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2025;33(4):585-586 Letter to the Edıtor / Editöre Mektup Response to Letter to the Editor: Preoperative planning in paragangliomaresection: Evolving strategies for safer outcomes Editöre Mektup Yanıtı: Paraganglioma rezeksiyonunda ameliyat öncesi planlama: Daha güvenli son uçlar için gelişen stratejiler Hasan Reyhanoğlu1􀀬, Volkan Çakır2􀀬 Institution where the research was done: İzmir Tınaztepe University, Private Buca Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye Author Affiliations: 1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İzmir Tınaztepe University, Private Buca Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye 2Department of İnterventional Radiology, İzmir Tınaztepe University, Private Galen Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye We would like to thank the authors for their interest and constructive comments[1] for our article entitled “Para-aortic paraganglioma: Preoperative embolization and surgical resection”. [2] We have carefully reviewed your 1997 report on four cases of carotid body and jugular bulb paragangliomas, as well as the other references you cited. [2-5] Your observation that preoperative neuroendocrine functional evaluation should be more detailed in such carotid body tumors is entirely valid. The literature reports that intraoperative hemodynamic complications are particularly common in such cases, and we have encountered similar issues in our own surgical practice. Therefore, we believe that a multidisciplinary approach is crucial for achieving optimal surgical outcomes . Although no complications occurred in our present case, severe events requiring pacemaker support remain a possibility. In this case, we did not present detailed information on preoperative biochemical evaluation, as the patient was referred to us from an external center for surgical resection after already undergoing this evaluation . Since such cases usually present to surgical clinics with biochemical work-up already completed, this case, as you rightly pointed out, has been discussed less frequently in the surgical literature . For the same reason, we did not elaborate on it in our article . However, following the patient’s discharge, we referred them back to the endocrinology unit, and their postoperative biochemical follow-up is still ongoing. Data Sharing Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Author Contributions: All authors contributed equally to this article. Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article. Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article. REFERENCES 1. Alebrahim K. Comment to the article: Preoperative planning in paraganglioma resection: Evolving strategies for safer outcomes. Turk Gogus Kalp Dama 2025;33(4):585 . doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2025.28432 . 2. Reyhanoğlu H, Çakır V. Para-aortic paraganglioma: Preoperative embolization and surgical resection. Turk Gogus Kalp Dama 2025;33:382-5 . doi: 10.5606/tgkdc. dergisi.2025.26752 . Corresponding author: Hasan Reyhanoğlu. E-mail: [hreyhanoglu@hotmail.com](hreyhanoglu@hotmail.com) [Doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2025.59164](Doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2025.59164) [Received:](Received: September 12)[ September 12](Received: September 12) , 2025 Accepted: September 12, 2025 Published online: October 20, 2025 Cite this article as: Reyhanoğlu H, Çakır V. Response to Letter to the Editor: Preoperative planning in paraganglioma resection: Evolving strategies for safer outcomes . Turk Gogus Kalp Dama 2025;33(4):585-586 . doi: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2025.59164 . ©2025 All right reserved by the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,

FAQs

What is the central focus of the authors’ response?

The response focuses on preoperative planning strategies for paraganglioma resection and how these approaches support safer surgical outcomes.

Why do the authors emphasize neuroendocrine functional evaluation?

They agree that preoperative neuroendocrine functional evaluation should be more detailed for carotid body tumors, where intraoperative hemodynamic complications are reported as particularly common.

How was biochemical evaluation handled in the presented case?

Detailed preoperative biochemical evaluation was not described because the patient was referred from an external center after undergoing that evaluation, and postoperative biochemical follow-up is still ongoing.

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