Endocrine surgery

Cover......Page 1
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 16
1. Molecular Endocrinology......Page 20
2. Robotic Endocrine Surgery......Page 30
3. Selective Venous Sampling for Pituitary Tumors......Page 36
4. Pituitary Tumors......Page 42
5. The Neuroendocrine Lung......Page 56
6. Surgery for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer......Page 78
7. A Guide to the Physiology and Testing of Thyroid Function......Page 94
8. Thyroid Pathology......Page 104
9. Hyperthyroidism......Page 120
10. Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules......Page 134
11. Mediastinal Goiter......Page 152
12. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma......Page 160
13. Management of Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancer......Page 176
14. Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma......Page 212
15. Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery......Page 220
16. Video-Assisted Thyroid Surgery......Page 228
17. Physiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Pathophysiology of Primary Hyperparathyroidism......Page 232
18. Sestamibi Scintigraphy and Ultrasonography in Primary Hyperparathyroidism......Page 250
19. Surgical Management of Hyperparathyroidism......Page 262
20. Reoperation for Primary Hyperthyroidism......Page 284
21. Parathyroid Carcinoma......Page 298
22. Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy......Page 308
23. Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy in the Management of Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism......Page 316
24. Adrenocortical Function and Adrenal Insufficiency......Page 324
25. The Sympathoadrenal System: Its Physiology and Function......Page 328
26. Surgical Pathology of the Adrenal Glands......Page 336
27. Ultrasonography of the Adrenal Gland......Page 346
28. Computed Tomography of the Adrenal Glands......Page 354
29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Endocrine Adrenal Tumors......Page 362
30. Scintigraphic Imaging of the Adrenal Cortex......Page 378
31. Radionuclide Imaging of Adrenal Medullary Tumors......Page 388
32. Adrenal Vein Sampling......Page 396
33. Cushing’s Syndromes......Page 400
34. Primary Aldosteronism......Page 420
35. Adrenal Incidentalomas......Page 430
36. Pheochromocytoma: Diagnosis and Treatment......Page 448
37. Techniques of Conventional Open Adrenalectomy......Page 470
38. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy with the Transabdominal Lateral Approach......Page 480
39. Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy......Page 498
40. Pathology of Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasia......Page 508
41. Ultrasonography of the Pancreas......Page 516
42. Computed Tomography of the Pancreas......Page 520
43. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors......Page 524
44. Radionuclide Imaging of the Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors......Page 540
45. Insulinoma......Page 546
46. Hyperinsulinism......Page 560
47. Gastrinomas and Other Rare Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors......Page 566
48. Techniques of Conventional Open Pancreatic Surgery......Page 584
49. Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumors......Page 590
50. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia and Other Familial Endocrine Tumor Syndromes......Page 602
51. Carcinoid Tumors......Page 632
52. Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 662
53. Liver Transplantation for Neuroendocrine Tumors......Page 678
54. Cytoreduction of Neuroendocrine Tumors......Page 690
55. Medical Management of Neuroendocrine Gastrointestinal Tumors......Page 704
Index......Page 716