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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830344903321

Titolo

Thyroid surgery : preventing and managing complications / / edited by Paolo Miccoli [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Chichester, West Sussex : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-44483-3

1-299-15875-7

1-118-44471-X

1-118-44469-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 319 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

617.539

Soggetti

Thyroid gland - Surgery

Thyroid gland - Diseases - Treatment

Thyroid gland - Diseases - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Epidemiology and acceptable rates of complications following thyroid and parathyroid surgery -- pt. II. Best practices in thyroid surgery -- pt. III. Intraoperative complications : the 'classic' issues -- pt. IV. Intraoperative complications : the rare ones -- pt. V. Postoperative complications requiring urgent treatment -- pt. VI. Postoperative complications -- pt. VII. New issues : complications following minimally invasive and robotic techniques -- pt. VIII. Iatrogenic hypothyroidism, metabolic effects of post-thyroidectomy thyroid hormone replacement, and quality of life after thyroid sugery.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Several chapters are included on brand new surgical techniques, such as robotic and image-localized surgery.