Endocrine Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics,

Endocrine Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics,
ISBN-10
0323299512
ISBN-13
9780323299510
Category
Medical
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
2014-09-08
Publisher
Elsevier Health Sciences
Author
Peter J. Mazzaglia

Description

Editor Peter Mazzaglia and authors review the current management and procedures in endocrine surgery. Articles will cover: central compartment lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer; evaluation of thyroid incidentaloma; the role of genetic markers in the evaluation and management of thyroid nodules; medical therapy for advanced forms of thyroid cancer; follicular lesions of the thyroid; controversy over radio-iodine ablation: who benefits?; minimizing cost while maximizing success in the pre-operative localization strategy for primary hyperparathyroidism; operative treatment for primary hyperparathyroidism; evaluation of adrenal incidentalomas: biochemical and radiographic characterization; hyperaldosteronism: diagnosis, lateralization, and treatment; subclinical Cushing’s syndrome; adrenocortical cancer update; and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

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