Adrenal Glands
Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy
Surgery of the Adrenal Glands is a comprehensive medical textbook that includes everything that a surgeon, but for all purposes any physicain or medical student, may want to find on adrenal surgery in a friendly, up to date, evidence based manner. 30 of the most renowned names in the field of adrenal surgery from the US and Europe draw on their experience in exploring diagnosis, indications for surgery, choice of operation and operative techniques, and surgical outcomes for every major adrenal condition. Over 200 exquisite illustrations, ranging from intraoperative photographs, line drawings, diagnostic images, pathology slides, tables and graphs are available to make each case discussed comprehensible and easy to follow. Traditional and novel therapeutic recommendations are introduced and the latest developments in minimal-access operative techniques are discussed and reviewed. Finally, the best approaches in dealing with challenging conditions such as adrenal incidentaloma, subclinical Cushing's syndrom, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Mineralcorticoid Express Syndrome, Extraadrenal and Malignant Pheochromocytoma are discussed.
History of Adrenal Surgery
Surgical AnatomyHypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
The Sympathoadrenal System
The Value of Adrenal Imaging in Adrenal Surgery
Cushing's Syndrome
Subclinical Cushing's Syndrome
Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome
Cushing's Syndrome in Children and Adolescents
Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Overview of Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes
Primary Aldosteronism: The Surgical Perspective
Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Virilizing and Feminizing Adrenal Tumors
Pheochromocytoma
Extra-adrenal and Malignant Pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytoma in MEN-2A, MEN-2B, and von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Benign Paragangliomas
Neuroblastoma
Miscellaneous Adrenal Neoplasms (Cysts, Myelolipoma, Hemangioma, Lymphangioma)
Adrenal Incidentalomas
Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass (Incidentaloma or Adrenaloma)
Genetic Syndromes Associated with Adrenal Tumors
Adrenal Tumors and Pregnancy
Adrenal-Sparing Surgery
Anesthesia for Adrenal Surgery
Open Left Anterior Adrenalectomy
Open Right Anterior Adrenalectomy
Open Posterior Adrenalectomy
Right Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Left Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic Lateral Transabdominal Adrenalectomy
Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic Partial Adrenalectomy
Virtual Reality and Robotic Technologies in Adrenal Surgery.
Linos, Dimitrios A.
van Heerden, Jon A.
ISBN | 978-3-540-41099-7 |
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Artikelnummer | 9783540410997 |
Medientyp | Buch |
Copyrightjahr | 2004 |
Verlag | Springer, Berlin |
Umfang | XV, 362 Seiten |
Abbildungen | XV, 362 p. 253 illus., 66 illus. in color. |
Sprache | Englisch |