Endocrine Surgery

Butterworths International Medical Reviews: Surgery

I. D. A. Johnston, Norman W. Thompson

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780407023178
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483165301
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Surgery & Surgical Medicine

Butterworths International Medical Review, Surgery 2: Endocrine Surgery is a 12-chapter text that describes various surgical procedures for the management of a specific endocrine problem. This book deals first with the principles of thyroidectomy and its application in thyrotoxicosis management. The subsequent chapter discusses the management of clinically solitary nodules without definite evidence of malignancy, such as lower cervical adenopathy or recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. This topic is followed by considerations of reoperative parathyroid surgery; adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome management; percutaneous transhepatic portal and pancreatic vein catheterization for patients with organic hyperinsulinism, hypergastrinemia, and carcinoid syndrome; and pancreatic transplantation. This text further examines some surgical considerations of pancreatic islet cell and the pituitary in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I. The concluding chapters explore the benefits and limitations of pre- and post-operative treatments of gastrinoma. These chapters also describe the principles and application of surgical treatments in primary aldosteronism and pheochromocytoma. This work will be of great value to established and in training endocrine surgeons, endocrinologists, and workers in other fields, including radiology and pathology.

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Butterworths International Medical Reviews: Surgery 2
• Copyright
• Foreword
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1: The role of surgery in the management of thyrotoxicosis
• Chapter 2: The thyroid nodule – surgical management
• Chapter 3: Transplantation of the parathyroid glands
• Chapter 4: Reoperation for suspected hyperparathyroidism
• Chapter 5: The role of adrenalectomy in the management of Cushing’s syndrome
• Chapter 6: Localization of gastroentero-pancreatic (GEP) tumors
• Chapter 7: Insulin tumours of the pancreas
• Chapter 8: Pancreatic transplantation
• Chapter 9: Surgical considerations in the MEN I syndrome
• Chapter 10: Current views on the surgery of gastrinoma in the post-cimetidine era
• Chapter 11: Surgery of primary aldosteronism
• Chapter 12: Recent developments in the management of phaeochromocytoma
• Index