| Abstract: |
This chapter about endocrine surgery is from a textbook about endocrinology that describes the scientific principles and clinical management of patients with endocrine-related diseases and disorders. The authors provide an overview of the principles involved in the surgical therapy for many endocrine diseases. Topics covered include the thyroid gland, embryology and anatomy, indications for surgery, developmental thyroid abnormalities, hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis, goiter (nontoxic), thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, the techniques used for thyroidectomy, the parathyroid gland, embryology and anatomy, primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), persistent and recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism, secondary hyperparathyroidism, familial hyperparathyroidism, complications of parathyroid surgery, the adrenal (suprarenal) gland, primary hyperaldosteronism, hypercortisolism, adrenal cortical carcinoma, sex steroid excess, pheochromocytoma, adrenal incidentaloma, techniques used for adrenalectomy, the endocrine pancreas, tumorogenesis, insulinoma, gastrinoma (Zollinger-Ellison syndrome), vipoma (Verner-Morrison) syndrome, glucagonoma, somatostatinoma, and nonfunctioning pancreatic tumors. 5 figures. 10 tables. 47 references. |