Endocrine Surgery

The second edition of Endocrine Surgery is a comprehensive update of the previous edition published in 2003. Edited by three leading authorities in the field of surgical endocrinology, the book encompasses the clinical, imaging, nuclear, molecular, technological, and evidence-based principles that are applied in the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of endocrine tumours. Authored by experts from across the globe, this textbook reflects the best international clinical practice and also provides an outstanding educational resource.

With full-colour illustrations throughout, the new edition emphasises contemporary approaches in successive stages including: pituitary endocrine tumours; pathology and pathophysiology of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells; surgery of endocrine tumours of the lungs and thymus; robotic endocrine surgery; molecular testing of thyroid nodules; paediatric surgery for neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma; multiple endocrine neoplasia; retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy; radionuclide imaging of carcinoid tumours, pancreas and adrenals; serotonin-induced cardiac valvular disease and surgical treatment; multimodal management of primary and metastatic neuroendocrine tumours; pathophysiology and surgery of Type II diabetes; post-bariatric surgery hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia; and surgical management of metabolic syndrome.

Endocrine Surgery 2e provides the clinician with a definitive resource to reach curative outcomes in the treatment of patients with endocrine pituitary, thyroid, and parathyroid entities. Further coverage of broncho-pulmonary, adrenal, pancreatic, and intestinal neoplasia is also included, making this the definitive textbook on the subject.

Demetrius Pertsemlidis, MD FACS
The Bradley H. Jack Professor of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

William B. Inabnet III, MD FACS
Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Metabolic, Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

Michel Gagner, M.D. FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Senior Consultant, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Print versions of this book also include access to the ebook version.