Chapter 50 Postoperative Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Martin Schlumberger, Dana M. Hartl This chapter contains additional online-only content, available on expertconsult.com. Thyroid tumors are the most common endocrine neoplasms….
Chapter 24 Syndromic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma MEN 2A and MEN 2B Henning Dralle, Andreas Machens, Michael Brauckhoff Introduction As early as the beginning of the 20th century, medullary carcinoma of…
Chapter 61 Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy Rocco Domenico Bellantone, Celestino p. Lombardi, Marco Raffaelli, Carmela de Crea This chapter contains additional online-only content, available on expertconsult.com. Introduction Bilateral neck exploration…
Chapter 28 Chernobyl and Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancer Robert Mcconnell, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Daniel I. Branovan “The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.” —Euripides, ca. 480-406 BC…
Chapter 8 Approach to the Mediastinum Transcervical, Transsternal, and Video-Assisted Douglas J. Mathisen, Samuel S. Kim Surgeons involved in the care of patients with thyroid and parathyroid disease must be…
Chapter 43 Technological Innovations in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Robert L. Ferris, David J. Terris Introduction Since the contemporary era of thyroid and parathyroid surgery began with pioneers like Billroth,…
Chapter 56 Primary Hyperparathyroidism Pathophysiology, Surgical Indications, and Preoperative Workup Shonni J. Silverberg, John P. Bilezikian Primary hyperparathyroidism is characterized by hypercalcemia and elevated parathyroid hormone levels. Patients with the…
Chapter 32 Surgical Anatomy of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve Claudio R. Cernea, Lenine Garcia Brandão, Abdullah N. Hisham Please go to expertconsult.com to view related video Superior Laryngeal Nerve Anatomy…
Chapter 51 Postoperative Radioactive Iodine Ablation and Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Bryan McIver Introduction The majority (75% or more) of follicular cell–derived thyroid carcinomas (FCDTCs) retain the capacity of…
Chapter 1 History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Marica Zizic Mitrecic, Edwin L. Kaplan, Randall D. Gaz, Cristian M. Slough, Miljenko Bura, Anatoly F. Romanchishen, Miran Martinac, Gregory W. Randolph…
