This text provides a uniquely comprehensive reference covering all surgically relevant thyroid and parathyroid diseases. It is definitive reference presenting the latest information on the management of common and rare disorders of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. International authorities provide detailed discussions on operative techniques and treatments that are accompanied by rationales for particular approaches advocated by the authors.

History of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Embryology and Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism and Hyperthyroid Goiter
Diagnostic Imaging of the Thyroid and Radioiodine Therapy
Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules.-Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Tyroid
Techniques of Thyroidectomy
Surgery of the Solitary Thyroid Nodules
Modified Radical Neck Dissection
Thyroid Pathology
Surgery of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
Thyroid Lymphoma and other Metastatic Lesions
Multinodal and Retrosternal Goiter
Surgery for Hyperthyroidism
Thyroiditis
Complications in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Outcome Analysis on Thyroid Surgery
Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Parathyroid Glands and Preoperative Evaluation
Preoperative Localization Tests
Conventional Surgical Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy
Multiglandular Parathyroid Disease and MEN Syndromes
Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism
Parathyroid Carcinoma
Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery
Outcome Analysis in Parathyroid Surgery
Index.