Controversies in Thyroid Surgery

This book encompasses many different diagnoses as well as several specialties of practicing surgeons in the United States. Over the last ten years many advances have been made in preoperative assessment including imaging and diagnostic techniques, operative approaches including “minimally invasive” and robotic surgery, and post operative care. Controversies in Thyroid Surgery explores some of the controversies that arise as the result of these new findings and applications. The book is divided into the two categories of benign diagnosis and cancer topics. Both of these areas lend themselves to separate analysis of specific problems in the areas mentioned above. The text reviews recent data about advances in diagnostic techniques as well as outcomes with specific regards to the newer operative techniques. The textbook will serve as a resource for medical and surgical colleagues involved in the treatment of a wide variety of thyroid diseases. Authors that are experts in their field and have published extensively provide balanced and non-biased views of topics that are admittedly controversial. Controversies in Thyroid Surgery will be of great value and utility to practicing endocrinologists, general surgeons and otolaryngologists. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Controversies in the Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease....Pages 3-11 The Use of Ultrasound in the Management of Thyroid Disorders....Pages 13-28 Pre- and Post-Thyroidectomy Voice Assessment....Pages 29-37 Intraoperative Neuro-monitoring of the Laryngeal Nerves During Thyroidectomy....Pages 39-55 Who Should Do Thyroid Surgery?....Pages 57-66 Ambulatory Thyroid Surgery: Is This the Way of the Future?....Pages 67-79 Robotic Thyroidectomy: Is There Still a Role?....Pages 81-90 Graves’ Disease: What Is the Role and Timing of Surgery?....Pages 91-107 Vocal Fold Paralysis and Thyroid Surgery....Pages 109-123 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Optimal Treatment for Papillary Microcarcinoma....Pages 127-141 Molecular Profiles and the “Indeterminate” Thyroid Nodule....Pages 143-156 Controversies in the Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 157-168 Central Lymph Node Dissection for Well-Differentiated Cancer....Pages 169-174 The Role of Risk Stratification in the Treatment of Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer....Pages 175-183 Imaging for Preoperative Assessment and Staging of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 185-194 Anaplastic Cancer and Rare Forms of Cancer Affecting the Thyroid....Pages 195-202 The Role of Targeted Therapies or Nonsurgical Treatment of Thyroid Malignancies: Is Surgery Being Replaced?....Pages 203-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-233 This text encompasses many different thyroid diagnoses as well as several specialties of practicing surgeons in the United States. Over the last ten years many advances have been made in preoperative assessment including imaging and diagnostic techniques, operative approaches including ĺlminimally invasiveĺl and robotic surgery, and post-operative care. This volume also explores some of the controversies that arise as the result of these new findings and applications. The book℗lis divided into two categories of℗lbenign diagnosis and cancer topics. Both of these areas lend themselves to separate analysis of specific problems in the areas mentioned above. The℗ltext reviews recent data about advances in diagnostic techniques as well as outcomes with specific regards to the newer operative techniques in thyroid surgery. Controversies in Thyroid Surgery will serve as a resource for medical and surgical colleagues involved in the treatment of a wide variety of thyroid diseases.> This text encompasses many different thyroid diagnoses as well as several specialties of practicing surgeons in the United States. Over the last ten years many advances have been made in preoperative assessment including imaging and diagnostic techniques, operative approaches including "minimally invasive" and robotic surgery, and post-operative care. This volume also explores some of the controversies that arise as the result of these new findings and applications. The book is divided into two categories of benign diagnosis and cancer topics. Both of these areas lend themselves to separate analysis of specific problems in the areas mentioned above. The text reviews recent data about advances in diagnostic techniques as well as outcomes with specific regards to the newer operative techniques in thyroid surgery. Controversies in Thyroid Surgery will serve as a resource for medical and surgical colleagues involved in the treatment of a wide variety of thyroid diseases.> John B. Hanks, William B. Inabnet Iii, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.