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Atlas of Endocrine Surgical Techniques
By Quan-Yang Duh, MD, Orlo H. Clark, MD and Electron Kebebew, MD
Pages: 2560
Hard Cover
ISBN:
 978-1-4160-4844-2
Elsevier, Saunders / Expert Consult  2010
 

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Description from the publisher:

Atlas of Endocrine Surgical Techniques, a title in the new Surgical Techniques Atlas series edited by Drs. Townsend and Evers, presents state-of-the-art updates on the full range of endocrine surgical techniques performed today. Drs. Duh, Clark, and Kebebew, along with esteemed international contributors, offer you expert advice on a variety of endocrine surgical techniques, including laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures to help you expand your repertoire and hone your clinical skills. Full-color illustrations and photographs enhance visual guidance and Expert Consult functionality gives you easy access to the full text online at expertconsult.com.

 

Key Features:

  • Includes convenient access to the full-text online as well as procedural videos that highlight pivotal moments and the techniques of the physicians who pioneered the procedures, showing you how to proceed.
     
  • Offers step-by-step guidance on a variety of endocrine surgical techniques, giving you more options for the challenges you face.
     
  • Discusses the hottest topics in endocrine surgery, including minimally invasive techniques that result in shorter recovery times and better outcomes for patients.
     
  • Presents more than 400 full-color illustrations and step-by-step intraoperative photographs for expert visual guidance.
     
  • Discusses pearls and pitfalls to help you avoid complications.
     
  • Uses a consistent, easy-to-follow chapter format that includes clinical anatomy, pre-operative considerations, operative steps, and post-operative care to make reference easy.

Table of Contents

Section I  Thyroid Surgery

Chapter 1. Thyroidectomy for Nodules or Small Cancers
Chapter 2. Thyroidectomy for Locally Advanced Cancer
Chapter 3. Thyroidectomy for Large or Substernal Goiters
Chapter 4. Reoperative Thyroid Surgery
Chapter 5. Lymph Node Dissection for Thyroid Cancer
Chapter 6. Surgical Anatomy, Intraoperative Neural Monitoring, and Operative Management of the RLN and SLN

Section II  Parathyroid Surgery

Chapter 7. Bilateral Neck Exploration for Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Chapter 8. Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Chapter 9. Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy
Chapter 10. Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy: Gamma Probe Guided

Section III   Adrenal Surgery

Chapter 11. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Lateral Approach
Chapter 12. Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy
Chapter 13. Open Adrenalectomy for Cancer

Section IV   Pancreatic Surgery for Endocrine Diseases

Chapter 14. Laparoscopic Pancreatic Enucleation or Resection for Neuroendocrine Tumor
Chapter 15. Pancreatoduodenectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumor

Index

 

 
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