Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Robert Udelsman Tobias Carling Background Approximately 85% of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) harbor a single adenoma and are cured by excision of the incident gland. The…
Transsternal, Transcervical, and Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease Including Radical Mediastinal Dissection Malcolm M. DeCamp Alberto De Hoyos Thymectomy is one of the most common mediastinal procedures performed…
Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism Kaare J. Weber Shalini Arora Introduction Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a physiologic response to a defect in calcium homeostasis. Causes are broad and can include genetic, gastrointestinal,…
Neurosurgical and Neurological Emergencies for Surgeons Ekkehard Kasper Clark Chen Burkhard Kasper Traumatic and Nontraumatic Head and Brain Injury Traumatic Brain Injury: Blunt Versus Penetrating Trauma Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain…
Tracheotomy Paul F. Castellanos Introduction The surgical access to the airway has three spheres, each with different distinct anatomical considerations and clinical indications. These are the open surgical tracheotomy, the…
Surgical Treatment of Pharyngeal Cancer Bruce H. Haughey Parul Sinha The complexity of anatomical and physiological structure makes pharyngeal cancer surgery one of the most challenging tasks for head and…
Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay–Guided Parathyroidectomy Carmen C. Solorzano Denise M. Carneiro-Pla John I. Lew Introduction The ability to quickly measure parathyroid hormone (PTH) in plasma and tissue has changed the…
Total Thyroidectomy, Lymph Node Dissection for Cancer Thomas W.J. Lennard Anatomy The normal thyroid gland is composed of two symmetrical lobes lying on either side of the trachea and joined…
Evaluation and Repair of Common Facial Injuries Eduardo D. Rodriguez with the assistance of Gerhard S. Mundinger Craniofacial trauma occurs in broad demographic and severity spectra, and is frequently associated…
Penetrating Neck Injury Andrew B. Peitzman Alain Corcos But one spot lay exposed, where collarbones lift the neckbone off the shoulders, the open throat, where the end of life comes…
