Atlas of Thyroid Surgery: Principles, Practice, and Clinical Cases (With DVD) 1st Edition

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An outstanding reference for performing successful thyroid operations Atlas of Thyroid Surgery: Principles, Practice, and Clinical Cases is a concise guide for the surgical management of thyroid disease. Highlights Descriptions of endocrine pathophysiology and the pathogenesis of nodular goiter and thyroid neoplasms Thorough discussion of the capsular dissection technique and its essential advantages as a minimally invasive approach with low morbidity Numerous clinical cases with step-by-step demonstrations of surgical procedures and concise comments on management, helping clinicians prepare for range of scenarios encountered in everyday practice More than 100 clear line drawings and full-color photographs that illustrate key concepts Surgical videos on an accompanying DVD present detailed surgical technique in five clinical cases with cross references to the text Atlas of Thyroid Surgery: Principles, Practice, and Clinical Cases is a superb guide for general surgeons and endocrine and ENT surgeons operating on the thyroid. Endocrinologists, oncologists, pathologists, and residents in these specialties will also greatly benefit from the wealth of information provided in the text. System Requirements Language: English Regin code: 0 Audio content: none Format: PAL Duration: 22 min. approx. Disc format: DVD-5 Table Of Contents Part 1: Surgical Anatomy and Surgical Technique 1 Notes on Positioning the Patient 2 Basic Surgical Anatomy 3 Incisions; Thyroid Exposure 4 Capsular Dissection 5 Thyroid Hilus: Suspensory Ligament of Berry; Inferior (Recurrent) Laryngeal Nerve; Parathyroids; Posterior Thyroid Process (Tubercle of Zuckerkandl) 6 Further Case Records with Demonstrations of the Technique of Capsular Dissection Part 2: Thyroid Nodules—Modern Concepts 7 Basic Remarks 8 Proliferation, Clonality, and Autonomy of Thyroid Lesions 9 Molecular Genetic Diagnosis. Gene Profiling 10 Follicular Neoplasia 11 Thyroid Nodules in Surgical Practice.Strategy of Adequate Excision 12 Case Records: Hyperplastic and Neoplastic Nodules; Functional Autonomy;Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma 13 Embryological Thyroid Development and Developmental Anomalies: Clinical Aspects 14 Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Nodular Goiter 15 Long-Standing Solitary Nodule 16 Further Clinical Considerations 17 Nodules in Graves Disease 18 Nodules in Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis (Hashimoto Thyroiditis, Hashimoto Disease, Lymphocytic Thyroiditis) Part 3: Malignant Tumors 19 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma 20 Anaplastic (Undifferentiated) Thyroid Carcinoma 21 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (C-Cell Carcinoma) Part 4: Concluding Remarks 22 Basic Tools Reference List Index DVD Contents Overview and Comments