Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
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.
| ISBN | 9783642234590 |
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| Article number | 9783642234590 |
| Media type | eBook - PDF |
| Edition number | 2. Aufl. |
| Copyright year | 2012 |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag |
| Length | 623 pages |
| Illustrations | w. 283 ill., 115 col. ill. |
| Language | English |
| Copy protection | Digital watermarking |
