Surgery of Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

This groundbreaking new text offers expert guidance on the techniques involved in preoperative evaluation, surgical anatomy, intraoperative techniques, and postoperative management for a full range of disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Written by 53 experts in the fields of otolaryngology, general surgery, endocrinology, and pathology, this book covers all of the significant new techniques and technologies available in the field-and features 15 chapters entirely devoted to surgical techniques.

- History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery - Applied Embryology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands - Thyroid Physiology and Thyroid Function Testing - Thyroiditis - Ectopic Thyroid Tissue, Thyroglossal Duct System - Non-toxic Goiter - CT and MR of the Thyroid Gland - Surgery of Cervical and Substernal Goiter - Approach to the Mediastinum - Hyperthyroidism: Toxic Nodular Goiter and Graves' Disease - Surgery for Hyperthyroidism - Evaluation of the Thyroid Nodule - Fine Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid - Thyroid Carcinoma: Oncogenes and Oncogenesis - Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid - Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid - Risk group analysis for differentiated thyroid carcinoma - Hurthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid - Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid - Lymphoma and anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid - Pediatric thyroid carcinoma - External beam radiation therapy for thyroid carcinoma Thyroid Surgery: - Thyroidectomy: Unilateral Thyroidectomy - Bilateral Thyroidectomy: Near-Total and Total Thyroidectomy - Management of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve - Management and Monitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - Disease and Management of the RLN and Larynx - Invasive Disease: Management of the Trachea - Physiology of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Superior Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis - The Management of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis - Revision Thyroid Surgery - Thyroid Surgical Pathology Surgery of the Neck: - Management of the Neck in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - Neck Dissection - Postoperative Considerations: - Postoperative Complications - Postoperative Management of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma - I131 Scanning, Ablation and Treatment - Parathyroid Surgery: - Hyperparathyroidism - Preoperative Parathyroid Localization Tests - Parathyroid Exploration - The Surgical Treatment of Multiglandular Disease - Intraoperative PTH Assessment During Parathyroid Exploration - Parathyroid Pathology - Revision Parathyroid Surgery - Parathyroid Carcinoma

Otolaryngologists, Head and Neck Surgeons, Residents and Fellows, General Surgeons, Endocrinologists