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Springer Endocrine Surgery Handbooks in General Surgery 1st Editon 2010 Softbound by Kirby I. Bland, Michael G. Sarr, Markus W. Büchler, Attila Csendes, Oliver James Garden, John Wong
Endocrine Surgery provides an illustrative, instructive, and comprehensive review that depicts the rationale of basic operative principles essential to surgical therapy of endocrine organs.The chapters provide pertinent and concise summaries of how to deal with various endocrine disorders, spanning both benign and malignant conditions. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem. The text is illustrated throughout by line drawings and photographs that depict anatomic or technical principles.A concise, handbook-sized reference work, this book is a valuable resource for all general surgeons and residents in training. Goiter and Nontoxic Benign Thyroid Conditions.- Papillary Thyroid Cancer.- Follicular, Hurthle Cell, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancers.- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Hyperparathyroidism: Primary and Secondary.- Functioning and Non-functioning Adrenal Tumors.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.- Carcinoid Neoplasms.