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…
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…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
