Manual of Endocrine Surgery

1 Surgery of the Parathyroids.- General Introduction.- Surgical Anatomy.- Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Preoperative Localization Studies.- Treatment.- Secondary Hyperparathyroidism.- Signs, Symptoms, Complications.- Clinical Management.- Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism.- Operative Technique.- Cervical Exploration with Removal of a Parathyroid Adenoma.- Subtotal Parathyroidectomy for Hyperplasia.- Parathyroidectomy for Carcinoma.- Mediastinal Exploration for Parathyroid Tumor.- References.- 2 Surgery of the Thyroid.- General Introduction.- Surgical Anatomy.- Nodular Goiter and Thyroid Carcinoma.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Treatment of Thyroid Nodules.- Treatment of Thyroid Cancer Related to Pathologic Type.- Hyperthyroidism.- Graves' Disease.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Plummer's Disease.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Complications of Thyroid Surgery.- Prevention and Management.- Operative Techniques.- Total Thyroid Lobectomy.- Remocal of a Substernal Goiter.- Subtotal Thyroid Lobectomy.- Modified Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.- References.- 3 Surgery of the Adrenals.- General Introduction.- Surgical Anatomy.- Pheochromocytoma.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Preoperative.- Treatment.- Primary Aldosteronism.- Pathology.- Diagnosis.- Preoperative Localization Studies.- Treatment.- Cushing's Syndrome.- Classification.- Diagnosis.- Preoperative Localization Studies.- Treatment.- Adrenal Gland and Metastatic Breast Carcinoma.- Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Diagnosis.- Preoperative Localization Studies and Staging.- Treatment.- Prognosis.- Nonfunctioning Adrenal Tumors.- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (Adrenogenital Syndrome).- Operative Technique.- Posterior Approach to Adrenalectomy.- Anterior Approach to Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma.- Thoracoabdominal Approach for Resection of Right Adrenal Carcinoma.- References.- 4 Surgery of the Endocrine Pancreas.- General Introduction.- Surgical Anatomy.- Insulinoma.- Pathology.-