This Atlas of Endocrine Surgical Techniques is a highly visual surgical resource that provides ready access to all the areas of modern endocrine surgery, including parathyroid, adrenal, thyroid, carcinoid, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, as well as covering exciting new topics such as cervical ultrasound, adrenal metastasectomy, robotic thyroidectomy, thyroid molecular testing, and minimally invasive approaches to adrenal, pancreatic, and parathyroid surgery.
Each chapter is authored by an internationally recognized expert in the field. Using beautiful illustrations and authoritative text, the Atlas provides a concise comprehensive reference for both practicing surgeons and students. The contributors present a step-by-step analysis of each endocrine operation, providing manageable bulleted points and algorithms on topics such as risk assessment, preoperative checklists, indications, positioning, surgical steps, complications, follow-up, and Pearls and Pitfalls. Many chapters also include state-of-the-art video clips that depict the specific procedure visually in real time.