Table of Contents

1. History of Thyroid surgery
2. Thyroid physiology
3. Embryology and surgical anatomy: thyroid and parathyroid surgery
4. Investigation in thyroid diseases: Imaging
5. Investigation in thyroid diseases: Pathology
6. Inflammatory diseases of the Thyroid
7. Hypothyroidism
8. Hyperthyroidism: Surgeon’s perspective
9. Approach to Thyroid nodules
10. Non-surgical management of thyroid nodules
11. Management of Non-Endemic goiters
12. Management of Endemic goiter
13. Molecular pathways of Thyroid carcinogenesis
14. Differentiated Thyroid carcinoma
15. Papillary Micro carcinoma of Thyroid
16. Medullary Thyroid carcinoma
17. Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma
18. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
19. Rare tumors of thyroid
20. Childhood Thyroid cancers
21. Thyroid Surgery in South Asia
22. Thyroidectomy
23. Post thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia
24. Neck Dissection in Thyroid Cancer
25. Extent of surgery in Thyroid Cancer
26. Adjuvant treatment and follow up of Thyroid cancers
27. Recurrent goiters
28. Retrosternal goiters
29. History of Parathyroid surgery
30. Anatomy and Pathology of the Parathyroid Gland
31. Symptoms and natural history of primary hyperparathyroidism
32. Localization studies in parathyroid diseases
33. Familial hyperparathyroidism
34. Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism
35. Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism
36. Surgical approaches in parathyroid diseases
37. Remote access Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
38. Intra- operative Adjuncts in thyroid and parathyroid surgery
39. Parathyroid carcinoma
40. Management of Recurrent primary hyperparathyroidism
41. Anesthesia for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
42. History of Adrenal surgery
43. Adrenal Gland- Embryology and Anatomy
44. Physiology of the Adrenal Gland
45. Biochemical evaluation of an adrenal mass
46. Imaging of adrenal Masses
47. Pathology of Adrenal lesions
48. Pheochromocytoma
49. Cushing’s syndrome
50. Hyperaldosteronism
51. Adrenal Myelolipoma
52. Adrenal Surgical Diseases in Children
53. Anaesthetic Management for Pheochromocytoma
54. Operative approach to the adrenal gland pathology
55. Pancreas: Embryology, Anatomy & Endocrine physiology
56. Insulinoma
57. Gastrinoma
58. Rare pancreatic Endocrine Tumors
59. Carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
60. Carcinoid Syndrome
61. Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in Children
62. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
63. Non MEN Endocrine syndromes
64. Endocrine Emergencies

About the Author

Dr Anand Kumar Mishra, MBBS, MS, PDCC, MCh, FACS is Professor & Head, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India.

Dr Amit Agarwal, MBBS, MS, FRCS is Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.

Dr Rajeev Parameswaran, BSc MBBS FRCS MPhil FRCS is Assistant Professor, Senior Consultant and Head, Division of Endocrine Surgery and Program Director, Surgery in General, National University Health System, Singapore.

Dr Kul Ranjan Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh, FACS, FICS is Associate Professor Department, Endocrine Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India.