ABSTRACT

This comprehensive book on Endocrine Surgery covers disorders of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands along with neuroendocrine tumors of pancreas and gastrointestinal tract. It is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatise covering embryology, anatomy, etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnoses, and treatment modalities of surgical endocrine diseases. The authors explore the pertinent surgical endocrinology topics with a South Asian perspective. Color illustrations, flowcharts and tables make the topics lucid for professionals. This book provides the essential information surgeons require for evaluation and management of patients, both with straight forward, and complex endocrine problems.

Key Features

  • Focusses on concise yet comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of surgical endocrine diseases
  • Discusses Robot Assisted Endocrine Surgery and explores its impact on healthcare finances
  • Highlights the difference between practices used in western and resource limited countries by incorporating a South Asian perspective for region specific diseases.

chapter 2|8 pages

Thyroid Physiology

chapter 4|19 pages

Investigations in Thyroid Diseases

Imaging

chapter 5|7 pages

Investigation in Thyroid Diseases

Pathology

chapter 7|8 pages

Hypothyroidism

chapter 8|13 pages

Hyperthyroidism

Surgeon's Perspective

chapter 9|9 pages

Approach to Thyroid Nodules

chapter 12|6 pages

Management of Endemic Goiter

chapter 19|6 pages

Rare Tumors of the Thyroid

chapter 20|8 pages

Childhood Thyroid Cancers

chapter 22|14 pages

Thyroidectomy

chapter 24|7 pages

Neck Dissections in Thyroid Cancer

chapter 33|6 pages

Familial Hyperparathyroidism

chapter 43|3 pages

Adrenal Gland

Embryology and Anatomy

chapter 47|8 pages

Pathology of Adrenal Lesions

chapter 48|6 pages

Pheochromocytoma

chapter 49|10 pages

Cushing's syndrome

chapter 50|9 pages

Hyperaldosteronism

chapter 51|6 pages

Adrenal Myelolipoma

chapter 55|7 pages

Pancreas

Embryology, Anatomy and Endocrine Physiology

chapter 56|7 pages

Insulinoma

chapter 57|1 pages

Gastrinoma

chapter 60|1 pages

Carcinoid Syndrome

chapter 62|8 pages

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia