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.
| ISBN: | 9780323299336 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2014 |
| Author: | Peter J, MD, FACS University Surgical Associates, Providence, RI Mazzaglia |
| Publisher: | Elsevier - Health Sciences Division |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Series: | The Clinics: Surgery |
| Genres: |
Endocrinology Surgery |