Endocrine Surgery, An Issue of Surgical Clinics

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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter J Mazzaglia, Peter J. Mazzaglia, Mazzaglia Peter J.
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780323299336
• ISBN: 978-0-323-29933-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 15 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 516 g
• Series: The Clinics: Surgery
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Surgery, MEDICAL / Surgery / General, Endocrinology, MEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism