Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Evidence-Based Medicine and the GRADE Approach
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   Chapter 2 Clinical Decision Analysis
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   Chapter 3 Decision-Making from the Surgeon’s Perspective
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   Chapter 4 Involving Patients in Difficult Decisions About Having Surgery
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   Chapter 5 Surgery vs Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
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   Chapter 6 Prospective Screening Protocol for FNMTC Family Members: Ultrasound Versus Physical Examination
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   Chapter 7 Operative Management Versus Observation for Thyroid Nodules Larger than 4 cm with Benign Cytology
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   Chapter 8 Lobectomy Versus Total Thyroidectomy for Follicular Microcarcinomas
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    Chapter 9 Initial Total Thyroidectomy Versus Lobectomy with Intraoperative Frozen Section for Thyroid Nodules That Are “Suspicious for PTC”
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    Chapter 10 Primary Repair Versus No Repair for Transected Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
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    Chapter 11 Surgery Versus Observation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
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    Chapter 12 First-Line Therapy for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Operation Versus Medical Management
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    Chapter 13 Same-Day Versus Overnight Inpatient Surgery for Total Thyroidectomy
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    Chapter 14 Prophylactic Versus Selective Central Neck Dissection in Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer
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    Chapter 15 Subtotal Parathyroidectomy Versus Total Parathyroidectomy with Autotransplantation for Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1 and Primary Hyperparathyroidism
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    Chapter 16 Four-Gland Exploration Versus Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography in Patients with Nonlocalized Primary Hyperparathyroidism
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    Chapter 17 Lymph Node Dissection Versus No Lymph Node Dissection for Parathyroid Cancer
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    Chapter 18 Early Versus Late Parathyroidectomy for Tertiary (Posttransplant) Hyperparathyroidism
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    Chapter 19 Observation Versus Surgery for Pregnant Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
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    Chapter 20 Four-Gland Exploration Versus Focused Parathyroidectomy for Hyperparathyroidism Jaw Tumor Syndrome
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    Chapter 21 Long-Term Success of Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Focused Exploration using Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring Versus Four-Gland Exploration
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    Chapter 22 The Evidence for and Against Parathyroid Cryopreservation: Should We Continue to Promote Parathyroid Cryopreservation?
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    Chapter 23 Should Antibiotic Prophylaxis Be Given Prior to Thyroidectomy or Parathyroidectomy?
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    Chapter 24 The Value of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring in Primary Hyperparathyroidism Cases That Are Localized with Two Imaging Studies
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    Chapter 25 Transperitoneal Versus Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
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    Chapter 26 Bilateral Adrenalectomy Versus Medical Management for Cushing’s Syndrome with Bilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia
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    Chapter 27 Routine Screening for Primary Hyperaldosteronism in Hypertensive Patients: Yes or No?
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    Chapter 28 Routine Glucose Monitoring in Postoperative Pheochromocytoma Patients: Yes or No?
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    Chapter 29 Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Management of Malignant Pheochromocytoma
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    Chapter 30 Alpha Blocker Versus Calcium Channel Blocker for Pheochromocytoma
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    Chapter 31 Surgery Versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma
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    Chapter 32 Resection Versus Observation for Adrenal Gland Metastasis
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    Chapter 33 Routine Versus Selective Adrenal Vein Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism
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    Chapter 34 Surgery Versus Observation for Asymptomatic Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
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    Chapter 35 Routine Lymph Node Dissection Versus Duodenal Inspection Alone for the Treatment of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Patients with Hypergastrinemia
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    Chapter 36 Resection Versus Chemotherapy for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
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    Chapter 37 Observation Versus Surgery for Nonlocalized Insulinoma