Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands / [edited by] Gregory W. Randolph ; illustrated by Robert Galla

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. Introduction: History of thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Applied embryology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands -- Thyroid physiology and thyroid function testing -- Section 2. Benign Thyroid Disease: Thyroiditis -- Hyperthyroidism: toxic nodular goiter and Graves' Disease -- Thyroglossal duct cysts and ectopic thyroid tissue -- Surgery of cervical and substernal goiter -- Approach to the mediastinum: transcervical, transsternal, and video-assisted -- Surgical management of hyperthyroidism -- Reoperation for benign disease -- Section 3. Preoperative Evaluation: Evaluation and management of thyroid nodules -- Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid gland -- Ultrasound of the thyroid and parathyroid glands -- Preoperative radiographic mapping of nodal disease for papillary thyroid carcinoma -- Pre- and postoperative laryngeal exam in thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Laser and radiofrequency treatment of thyroid nodules and parathyroid adenoma -- Section 4. Thyroid Neoplasia: Molecular pathogenesis of thyroid neoplasia -- Papillary thyroid cancer -- Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma -- Follicular thyroid cancer -- Dynamic risk group analysis for differentiated thyroid cancer -- Hurthle cell tumors of the thyroid -- Sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma -- Syndromic medullary thyroid carcinoma: MEN 2A and MEN 2B -- Sporadic medullary thyroid microcarcinoma -- Anaplastic thyroid cancer and thyroid lymphoma -- Pediatric thyroid cancer -- Chernobyl and radiation-induced thyroid cancer -- Familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer --

Section 5. Thyroid and Neck Surgery: Principles in thyroid surgery -- Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy -- Surgical anatomy of the superior laryngeal nerve -- Surgical anatomy and monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve -- Surgery for locally advanced thyroid cancer: larynx -- Surgery for locally advanced thyroid cancer: trachea -- Robotic and extracervical approaches to the thyroid and parathyroid glands: a modern classification scheme -- Central neck dissection: indications -- Lateral neck dissection: indications -- Lateral neck dissection: technique -- Transoral resection of parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal thyroid carcinoma metastases -- Incisions in thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Technological innovations in thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Surgical pathology of the thyroid gland -- Section 6. Postoperative Considerations: Pathophysiology of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury -- Management of recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis -- Non-neural complications of thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Endocrine quality registers: surgical outcome measurement -- Ethics and malpractice in thyroid and parathyroid surgery --

Section 7. Postoperative Management: Postoperative management of differentiated thyroid cancer -- Postoperative radioactive iodine ablation and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer -- External beam radiotherapy for thyroid malignancy -- Reoperative thyroid surgery -- Ablative percutaneous ultrasound-guided ethanol injection for neck nodal metastases in papillary and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma -- Medical treatment for metastatic thyroid cancer -- Section 8. Parathryoid Surgery: Primary hyperpararthyroidism: pathophysiology, surgical indications, and preoperative workup -- Guide to preoperative parathyroid localization testing -- Principles in surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism -- Standard bilateral parathyroid exploration -- Minimally invasive single gland parathyroid exploration -- Minimally invasive video-assisted parathyroidectomy -- Local anesthesia for thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- Intraoperative PTH monitoring during parathyroid surgery -- Radio-guided parathyroid exploration -- Surgical management of multiglandular parathyroid disease -- Surgical management of secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism -- Parathyroid management in the MEN syndromes -- Reoperation for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism -- Parathyroid carcinoma -- Surgical pathology of the parathyroid glands

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