(eBook) Controversies in Thyroid Surgery by John B. Hanks

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Table of Contents

Part A: General Topics

1. Controversies in the Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease

2. The Use of Ultrasound in the Management of Thyroid Disorders

3. Pre and Post Thyroidectomy Voice Assessment

4. Intraoperative Neuro-monitoring of the Laryngeal Nerves During Thyroidectomy

5. Who Should Do Thyroid Surgery?

6. Ambulatory Thyroid Surgery-Is This the Way of the Future?

7. Robotic Thyroidectomy: Is There Still A Role?

8. Graves’ Disease-What is the Role and Timing of Surgery?

9. Vocal Fold Paralysis and Thyroid Surgery

Part B: Cancer Topics

10. Optimal Treatment for Papillary Microcarcinoma

11. Molecular Profiles and the “Indeterminate” Thyroid Nodule

12. Controversies in the Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

13. Central Lymph Node Dissection for Well-Differentiated Cancer

14. The Role of Risk Stratification in the Treatment of Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

15. Imaging for Preoperative Assessment and Staging of Thyroid Cancer

16. Anaplastic Cancer and Rare Forms of Cancer Affecting the Thyroid

17. The Role of Targeting Therapies or Non-Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Malignancies: Is Surgery Being Replaced?