Full Description
A Clinical Guide to Thyroidectomies is a comprehensive compilation that gives extensive detail on thyroid surgery, with examples illustrated by photographs and artwork. It aims to help surgeons practice safe and adequate thyroid surgery and provides updates on new technologies and techniques, such as robotic and remote site thyroidectomy. Thyroid surgery is practiced not only by dedicated endocrine surgeons, but also by general surgeons, surgical oncologists, and head and neck otolaryngologists. This book will be useful for practitioners in all of these disciplines.
Contents
Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Evolution of Thyroid Surgery; Anatomical Basis of Thyroid Surgery; Adequate Surgery for Euthyroid Benign Nodular Goiter; Solitary Thyroid Nodule: Evaluation and Surgery; Surgery for Toxic Goiters; Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Evaluation and Management; Medullary Thyroid Cancer A Surgical Strategy; Role of Surgery in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma and Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma; Anesthesia Consideration for Thyroid Surgery; Conventional Thyroidectomy; Re-Operative Thyroid Surgery; Endoscopic Thyroidectomy; Robotic Thyroidectomy; Adjuncts in Thyroid Surgery: Energy Devices, Parathyroid Identification, PTH Assays and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring; Complications of Thyroid Surgery; Role of Minimally Invasive Ablative Techniques in Thyroid Nodules; Surgery for Retrosternal Goiters; Contributors Contact Information; Index.
