Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

The aim of this text is to create a unique in-depth comprehensive reference covering all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases. It is a definite reference presenting the latest information on the management of common and rare disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Internatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Oertli, Daniel (Editor), Udelsman, Robert (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Embryology and Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
  • Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism and Hyperthyroid Goiter
  • Diagnostic Imaging of the Thyroid and Radioiodine Therapy
  • Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules
  • Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology of the Thyroid
  • Technique of Thyroidectomy
  • Surgery for the Solitary Thyroid Nodule
  • Modified Radical Neck Dissection
  • Thyroid Pathology
  • Surgery for Medullary Thyroid Cancer
  • Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
  • Thyroid Lymphoma and Other Metastatic Lesions
  • Multinodular and Retrosternal Goiter
  • Surgery for Hyperthyroidism
  • Thyroiditis
  • Complications in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Outcomes Analysis in Thyroid Surgery: A Review of Patient and Provider Predictors
  • Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Preoperative Evaluation
  • Parathyroid Imaging
  • Conventional Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
  • Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
  • Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy
  • Multiglandular Parathyroid Disease and MEN Syndromes
  • Pathophysiology and Treatment of Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism
  • Parathyroid Carcinoma
  • Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery
  • Outcomes Analysis in Parathyroid Surgery.