This groundbreaking new text offers expert guidance on the techniques involved in preoperative evaluation, surgical anatomy, intraoperative techniques, and postoperative management for a full range of disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Written by 53 experts in the fields of otolaryngology, general surgery, endocrinology, and pathology, this book covers all of the significant new techniques and technologies available in the field-and features 15 chapters entirely devoted to surgical techniques.

Contents

History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Applied Embryology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Thyroid Physiology and Thyroid Function Testing
Thyroiditis
Ectopic Thyroid Tissue, Thyroglossal Duct System
Non-toxic Goiter
CT and MR of the Thyroid Gland
Surgery of Cervical and Substernal Goiter
Approach to the Mediastinum
Hyperthyroidism: Toxic Nodular Goiter and Graves' Disease
Surgery for Hyperthyroidism
Evaluation of the Thyroid Nodule
Fine Needle Aspiration of the Thyroid
Thyroid Carcinoma: Oncogenes and Oncogenesis
Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid
Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid
Risk group analysis for differentiated thyroid carcinoma
Hurthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
Lymphoma and anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid
Pediatric thyroid carcinoma
External beam radiation therapy for thyroid carcinoma
Thyroid Surgery:
Thyroidectomy: Unilateral Thyroidectomy
Bilateral Thyroidectomy: Near-Total and Total Thyroidectomy
Management of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve
Management and Monitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
Disease and Management of the RLN and Larynx
Invasive Disease: Management of the Trachea
Physiology of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Superior Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis
The Management of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis
Revision Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid Surgical Pathology
Surgery of the Neck:
Management of the Neck in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Neck Dissection
Postoperative Considerations:
Postoperative Complications
Postoperative Management of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
I131 Scanning, Ablation and Treatment
Parathyroid Surgery:
Hyperparathyroidism
Preoperative Parathyroid Localization Tests
Parathyroid Exploration
The Surgical Treatment of Multiglandular Disease
Intraoperative PTH Assessment During Parathyroid Exploration
Parathyroid Pathology
Revision Parathyroid Surgery
Parathyroid Carcinoma