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.

From the Content: 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 Gland
Evaluation of Thyroid Nodes
Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology
Molecular Diagnostic with FNA
Benign Thyroid Goiter
Surgery of Hyperthyroidims
Thyroiditis
Technique of Thyroidectomy
Minimally Invasive Techniques in Thyroid Surgery
Monitoring in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery - An Evidence-Based Balanced Approach
Complications in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
Surgery for Solitary Thyroid Nodule Including Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Central Neck Dissection
Modified Radical Neck Dissection
Surgery for Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Lymphoma and Metastatic Lesions to the Thyroid
Thyroid Pathology
Radioactive Therapy and External Radiotherapy for Thyroid Cancer
etc.