6 Thyroid Imaging
10.1055/b-0036-141896 6 Thyroid ImagingBruce Curtiss Gilbert and Ramon E. Figueroa 6.1 Introduction Imaging of the thyroid is an important complement to the clinical examination and laboratory analysis in the evaluation…
14 Minimally Invasive Thyroid Surgery
10.1055/b-0036-141904 14 Minimally Invasive Thyroid SurgeryPaolo Miccoli and Gabriele Materazzi 14.1 Introduction Minimally invasive thyroid surgery offers several advantages over the traditional thyroidectomy procedure in carefully selected patients. Shorter incision…
18 Surgical Management of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
10.1055/b-0036-141908 18 Surgical Management of Anaplastic Thyroid CancerBrian R. Untch and Luc G. T. Morris 18.1 Introduction Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare thyroid cancer characterized by an aggressive…
20 Surgical Management of the Lateral Neck in Thyroid Cancer
10.1055/b-0036-141910 20 Surgical Management of the Lateral Neck in Thyroid CancerDaniel Kwon and Alfred Simental, Jr. 20.1 Introduction The propensity of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), especially papillary thyroid cancer (PTC),…
15 Remote Access Thyroid Surgery
10.1055/b-0036-141905 15 Remote Access Thyroid SurgeryKatrina Chaung and William S. Duke 15.1 Introduction Recent technological innovations have addressed growing patient interest in reducing the cosmetic impact of surgery, leading to…
17 Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
10.1055/b-0036-141907 17 Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid CancerJennifer Yu and Jeffrey F. Moley 17.1 Introduction Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is an uncommon malignancy with unique clinical and pathological features that…
19 Surgical Management of the Central Neck Compartment for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
10.1055/b-0036-141909 19 Surgical Management of the Central Neck Compartment for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Surgical Management for Differentiated Thyroid CancerSalem I. Noureldine and Ralph P. Tufano 19.1 Introduction Cervical lymph node…
16 Substernal Goiter
10.1055/b-0036-141906 16 Substernal GoiterSara L. Richer, Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Chung-Yau Lo, Dipti Kamani, and Gregory W. Randolph 16.1 Introduction In 1920, William Stuart Halsted wrote “the extirpation of the thyroid…
13 Conventional Thyroidectomy
10.1055/b-0036-141903 13 Conventional ThyroidectomyGerard Doherty 13.1 Introduction Conventional thyroidectomy is the standard and most commonly employed approach to thyroid surgery. This open operative approach (Table 13-1) is universally applicable, whereas…
10 Molecular Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Cancer
10.1055/b-0036-141900 10 Molecular Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid CancerSusan J. Hsiao and Yuri E. Nikiforov 10.1 Introduction Significant work has been done over the last few decades…
