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Book Synopsis
This highly practical, full color teaching tool is focused on best surgical practice in thyroid surgery, including the key issue of prevention and management of surgical complications. An accompanying website contains twenty step-by-step surgical videos of thyroid surgery in action.

Table of Contents

Contributors, vii

Foreword, xi

Preface, xiii

About the companion website, xv

Part I Epidemiology and Acceptable Rates of Complications Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

1 Incidence of Morbidity Following Thyroid Surgery: Acceptable Morbidity Rates, 3
Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Mario Miccoli

2 Medical Malpractice and Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, 13
Daniel D. Lydiatt and Robert Lindau

3 Extent of Thyroidectomy and Incidence of Morbidity: Risk-appropriate Treatment, 19
Dana M. Hartl and Martin Schlumberger

4 Thyroid Surgery in Paediatric Patients, 33
Scott A. Rivkees, Christopher K. Breuer and Robert Udelsman

Part II Best Practices in Thyroid Surgery

5 How to Perform a 'Safe' Thyroidectomy: 'Tips and Tricks', 45
Elliot J. Mitmaker and Quan-Yang Duh

6 Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Thyroidectomy, 53
Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Piero Berti

7 Robotic Thyroid Surgery, 61
Michael C. Singer and David J. Terris

8 Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer: Central Neck Dissection, 67
Emad H. Kandil, Salem I. Noureldine and Ralph P. Tufano

9 Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer: Lateral Neck Dissection, 79
Dana M. Hartl, Haïtham Mirghani and Daniel F. Brasnu

10 Surgery for Retrosternal/Upper Mediastinal Thyroid/Parathyroid Disease, 93
Jeffrey J. Houlton and David L. Steward

11 Reoperative Thyroid Surgery, 105
N. Gopalakrishna Iyer and Ashok R. Shaha

12 How to Use Energy Devices and their Potential Hazards, 111
Paolo Miccoli and Michele N. Minuto

Part III Intraoperative Complications: The 'Classic' Issues

13 The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, 119
David Goldenberg and Gregory W. Randolph

14 The Superior Laryngeal Nerve, 129
Tammy M. Holm and Sara I. Pai

15 The Parathyroid Glands in Thyroid Surgery, 137
Maisie Shindo

16 Cosmetic Complications, 145
Melanie W. Seybt and David J. Terris

Part IV Intraoperative Complications: The Rare Ones

17 Management and Prevention of Laryngotracheal and Oesophageal Injuries in Thyroid Surgery, 153
Eran E. Alon and Mark L. Urken

18 Injury of the Major Vessels, 161
Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck and Neil D. Gross

19 Lesions Following Lateral Neck Dissection: Phrenic, Vagus and Accessory Nerve Injury, and Chyle Leak, 169
Clive S. Grant

20 Amiodarone-induced Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Storm, 179
Fausto Bogazzi, Luca Tomisti, Piero Berti and Enio Martino

Part V Postoperative Complications Requiring Urgent Treatment

21 Respiratory Failure Following Extubation, 191
Moran Amit and Dan M. Fliss

22 Postoperative Bleeding, 199
Richelle T. Williams and Peter Angelos

23 The Occurrence and Management of Pneumothorax in Thyroid Surgery, 209
Kamran Samakar, Jason Wallen and Alfred Simental

Part VI Postoperative Complications

24 The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, 221
Michele P. Morrison and Gregory N. Postma

25 The Parathyroids, 227
Claudio Marcocci and Luisella Cianferotti

26 The Rare Ones: Horner's Syndrome, Complications from Surgical Positioning and Post-sternotomy Complications, 237
Lukas H. Kus and Jeremy L. Freeman

27 Late Complications of Thyroid Surgery, 249
Dennis R. Maceri

28 Post-thyroidectomy Distress: Voice and Swallowing Impairment Following Thyroidectomy, 257
Mira Milas and Zvonimir Milas

Part VII New Issues: Complications Following Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques

29 Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through the Neck Access, 271
Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Valeria Matteucci

30 Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through Other Accesses, 275
Kee-Hyun Nam and William B. Inabnet III

31 Complications of Robotic Thyroidectomy, 285
David J. Terris and Michael C. Singer

Part VIII Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism, Metabolic Effects of Post-thyroidectomy Thyroid Hormone Replacement, and Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery

32 Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism and Its Sequelae, 293
Paolo Vitti and Francesco Latrofa

33 Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery, 305
Alessandro Antonelli and Poupak Fallahi

Index, 311

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/02/2013
      ISBN13: 9780470659502, 978-0470659502
      ISBN10: 0470659505
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This highly practical, full color teaching tool is focused on best surgical practice in thyroid surgery, including the key issue of prevention and management of surgical complications. An accompanying website contains twenty step-by-step surgical videos of thyroid surgery in action.

      Table of Contents

      Contributors, vii

      Foreword, xi

      Preface, xiii

      About the companion website, xv

      Part I Epidemiology and Acceptable Rates of Complications Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

      1 Incidence of Morbidity Following Thyroid Surgery: Acceptable Morbidity Rates, 3
      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Mario Miccoli

      2 Medical Malpractice and Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands, 13
      Daniel D. Lydiatt and Robert Lindau

      3 Extent of Thyroidectomy and Incidence of Morbidity: Risk-appropriate Treatment, 19
      Dana M. Hartl and Martin Schlumberger

      4 Thyroid Surgery in Paediatric Patients, 33
      Scott A. Rivkees, Christopher K. Breuer and Robert Udelsman

      Part II Best Practices in Thyroid Surgery

      5 How to Perform a 'Safe' Thyroidectomy: 'Tips and Tricks', 45
      Elliot J. Mitmaker and Quan-Yang Duh

      6 Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Thyroidectomy, 53
      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Piero Berti

      7 Robotic Thyroid Surgery, 61
      Michael C. Singer and David J. Terris

      8 Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer: Central Neck Dissection, 67
      Emad H. Kandil, Salem I. Noureldine and Ralph P. Tufano

      9 Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer: Lateral Neck Dissection, 79
      Dana M. Hartl, Haïtham Mirghani and Daniel F. Brasnu

      10 Surgery for Retrosternal/Upper Mediastinal Thyroid/Parathyroid Disease, 93
      Jeffrey J. Houlton and David L. Steward

      11 Reoperative Thyroid Surgery, 105
      N. Gopalakrishna Iyer and Ashok R. Shaha

      12 How to Use Energy Devices and their Potential Hazards, 111
      Paolo Miccoli and Michele N. Minuto

      Part III Intraoperative Complications: The 'Classic' Issues

      13 The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, 119
      David Goldenberg and Gregory W. Randolph

      14 The Superior Laryngeal Nerve, 129
      Tammy M. Holm and Sara I. Pai

      15 The Parathyroid Glands in Thyroid Surgery, 137
      Maisie Shindo

      16 Cosmetic Complications, 145
      Melanie W. Seybt and David J. Terris

      Part IV Intraoperative Complications: The Rare Ones

      17 Management and Prevention of Laryngotracheal and Oesophageal Injuries in Thyroid Surgery, 153
      Eran E. Alon and Mark L. Urken

      18 Injury of the Major Vessels, 161
      Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck and Neil D. Gross

      19 Lesions Following Lateral Neck Dissection: Phrenic, Vagus and Accessory Nerve Injury, and Chyle Leak, 169
      Clive S. Grant

      20 Amiodarone-induced Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Storm, 179
      Fausto Bogazzi, Luca Tomisti, Piero Berti and Enio Martino

      Part V Postoperative Complications Requiring Urgent Treatment

      21 Respiratory Failure Following Extubation, 191
      Moran Amit and Dan M. Fliss

      22 Postoperative Bleeding, 199
      Richelle T. Williams and Peter Angelos

      23 The Occurrence and Management of Pneumothorax in Thyroid Surgery, 209
      Kamran Samakar, Jason Wallen and Alfred Simental

      Part VI Postoperative Complications

      24 The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, 221
      Michele P. Morrison and Gregory N. Postma

      25 The Parathyroids, 227
      Claudio Marcocci and Luisella Cianferotti

      26 The Rare Ones: Horner's Syndrome, Complications from Surgical Positioning and Post-sternotomy Complications, 237
      Lukas H. Kus and Jeremy L. Freeman

      27 Late Complications of Thyroid Surgery, 249
      Dennis R. Maceri

      28 Post-thyroidectomy Distress: Voice and Swallowing Impairment Following Thyroidectomy, 257
      Mira Milas and Zvonimir Milas

      Part VII New Issues: Complications Following Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques

      29 Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through the Neck Access, 271
      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Valeria Matteucci

      30 Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through Other Accesses, 275
      Kee-Hyun Nam and William B. Inabnet III

      31 Complications of Robotic Thyroidectomy, 285
      David J. Terris and Michael C. Singer

      Part VIII Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism, Metabolic Effects of Post-thyroidectomy Thyroid Hormone Replacement, and Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery

      32 Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism and Its Sequelae, 293
      Paolo Vitti and Francesco Latrofa

      33 Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery, 305
      Alessandro Antonelli and Poupak Fallahi

      Index, 311

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