Table of Contents:

1. History, evolution and classification of thyroid and parathyroid surgery
2. Applied embryology of the thyroid and parathyroid glands
3. Understanding thyroid physiology and thyroid function tests
4. Thyroiditis
5. Hyperthyroidism: toxic multinodular goiter and Grave’s disease
6. Ectopic Thyroid and Thyroglossal Duct Cysts
7. Treatment of cervical and substernal goiter (+DVD)
8. Mediastinal access: transcervical, video-assisted, and transsternal
9. Surgery for Hyperthyroidism (Graves and toxic MNG)
10. Reoperation for benign thyroid disease
11. Evaluation and non-surgical management of the thyroid nodule
12. Thyroid Cytopathology (+DVD)
13. Thyroid and parathyroid Ultrasound (+DVD)
14. Preoperative evaluation of lymph nodes in papillary carcinoma
15. Preoperative Laryngeal exam and Voice (+DVD)
16. Laser , Thermal and RF treatment of thyroid nodules and parathyroid adenoma
17. Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Neoplasia
18. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
19. Papillary microcarcinoma
20. Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid
21. Dynamic Risk group analysis
22. Hurthle cell carcinoma
23. Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: Sporadic
24. Medullary carcinoma: MEN syndromes
25. Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: Microcarcinoma
26. Anaplastic carcinoma and Lymphoma
27. Pediatric thyroid carcinoma
28. Chernobyl and radiation induced thyroid cancer
29. Familial papillary carcinoma
30. Standard unilateral and bilateral thyroid surgery (+DVD)
31. Minimally invasive thyroid surgery (+DVD)
32. Surgical anatomy of the superior laryngeal nerve (+DVD)
33. Surgical anatomy and monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (with color plate) (+DVD)
34. Surgery for locally advanced thyroid cancer: Larynx
35. Surgery for locally advanced thyroid cancer surgery: Trachea (+DVD)
36. Extracervical approaches to the thyroid
37. Central neck dissection: indications
38. Central neck dissection: technique (+DVD)
39. Lateral neck dissection: indications
40. Lateral neck dissection: technique (+DVD)
41. Transoral approach for retropharyngeal nodes
42. Incisions of the neck surgery
43. New technology in thyroid surgery
44. Pathology of the thyroid gland
45. Pathophysiology of RLN paralysis
46. Management of RLN paralysis, and repair
47. Non-neural complications
48. Endocrine surgical outcomes: Quality Registers
49. Medical malpractice and Ethics:considerations in thyroid and parathyroid surgery
50. Postoperative management of differentiated thyroid cancer
51. Radioactive iodine scanning: ablation and treatment
52. External beam radiation therapy for thyroid malignancy
53. Reoperative surgery for thyroid cancer
54. Alcohol ablation for recurrent papillary nodes
55. Medical treatment horizons for metastatic thyroid cancer
56. Primary hyperparathyroidism: pathophysiology and surgical indications, work-up
57. Preoperative localization tests-US and Sesimibi
58. Surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism (including asymptomatic and normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism)
59. Standard Bilat Parathyroid Exploration
60. Focused Single gland parathyroid exploration
61. Minimally invasive video assisted parathyroid surgery
62. Parathyroid surgery with local anesthesia
63. Intraoperative PTH
64. Radio guided parathyroid surgery
65. Surgical management of multigland disease
66. Surgical management of secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
67. MEN syndromes: parathyroid management
68. Revision parathyroid surgery
69. Parathyroid carcinoma
70. Surgical pathology of the parathyroid glands