Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands - Softcover

 
9783662517840: Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3662517841 ISBN 13: 9783662517840
Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This book is a unique in-depth and comprehensive reference that covers all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases and presents the latest information on their management. International authorities discuss operative techniques and treatments in detail and explain the rationales for their favored approaches. The topics of this second edition include the description of surgically relevant pathologies, preoperative surgical evaluation, decision making, and operative strategies for the various thyroid and parathyroid diseases. In addition, experts present the molecular basis for thyroid neoplasia, review the current understanding of the genetics of inherited thyroid and parathyroid diseases, and discuss the management of recurrent and locally invasive thyroid cancer. Evolving modern operative techniques such as neuromonitoring and minimally invasive (videoscopic) approaches to the thyroid and parathyroids are also covered.

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About the Author

Daniel Oertli, MD, PhD, is Professor of Surgery at the University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland and author of many publications in the field of endocrine surgery, visceral surgery, oncological surgery, surgery of the female breast and general surgery.

Robert Udelsman, MD, M.B.A., F.A.C.S. is Lampman Memorial Professor of Surgery and Oncology, he is Chairman of the Department of Surgery; Chief at the Surgery Servoce at Yale-New Haven Hospital. His surgical specialty is Endocrine Surgery and Surgical Oncology. He holds a Board Certificaiton of the American Board of Surgery,received his medical education at Lafayette College, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. He is a member of various Societies and Reviewer of many international journals.

From the Back Cover

This book is a unique in-depth and comprehensive reference that covers all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases and presents the latest information on their management. International authorities discuss operative techniques and treatments in detail and explain the rationales for their favored approaches. The topics of this second edition include the description of surgically relevant pathologies, preoperative surgical evaluation, decision making, and operative strategies for the various thyroid and parathyroid diseases. In addition, experts present the molecular basis for thyroid neoplasia, review the current understanding of the genetics of inherited thyroid and parathyroid diseases, and discuss the management of recurrent and locally invasive thyroid cancer. Evolving modern operative techniques such as neuromonitoring and minimally invasive (videoscopic) approaches to the thyroid and parathyroids are also covered

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3662517841
ISBN 13 
9783662517840
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
640
Editor
Oertli Daniel, Udelsman Robert

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