Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

Synopsis

This text provides a uniquely comprehensive reference covering all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid
diseases. It is definitive reference presenting the latest information on the management of common and rare disorders
of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. International authorities provide detailed discussions on operative techniques
and treatments that are accompanied by rationales for particular approaches advocated by the authors.

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 Tyroid.- Techniques of Thyroidectomy.- Surgery of
the Solitary Thyroid Nodules.- Modified Radical Neck Dissection.- Thyroid Pathology.- Surgery of Medullary Thyroid
Cancer.- Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Thyroid Lymphoma and other Metastatic Lesions.- Multinodal and Retrosternal
Goiter.- Surgery for Hyperthyroidism.- Thyroiditis.- Complications in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.- Outcome
Analysis on Thyroid Surgery.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Preoperative Evaluation.-
Preoperative Localization Tests.- Conventional Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Minimally Invasive
Parathyroidectomy.- Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy.- Multiglandular Parathyroid Disease and MEN Syndromes.- Secondary and
Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism.- Parathyroid Carcinoma.- Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery.- Outcome Analysis in
Parathyroid Surgery.- Index.