Thyroid Surgery: Preventing and Managing Complications

Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Thyroid Surgery: Preventing and Managing Complications

Editor(s): Paolo Miccoli, David J. Terris, Michele N. Minuto, Melanie W. Seybt

Published Online: 18 DEC 2012

Print ISBN: 9780470659502

Online ISBN: 9781118444832

DOI: 10.1002/9781118444832

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This highly practical, full color teaching tool is focused on best surgical practice in thyroid surgery, including the key issue of prevention and management of surgical complications. An accompanying website contains twenty step-by-step surgical videos of thyroid surgery in action. Several chapters are included on brand new surgical techniques, such as robotic and image-localized surgery.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xv)

  2. Part I: Epidemiology and Acceptable Rates of Complications Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

    1. Chapter 1

      Incidence of Morbidity Following Thyroid Surgery (pages 1–12)

      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Mario Miccoli

    1. Chapter 2

      Medical Malpractice and Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands (pages 13–18)

      Daniel D. Lydiatt and Robert Lindau

    1. Chapter 3

      Extent of Thyroidectomy and Incidence of Morbidity (pages 19–32)

      Dana M. Hartl and Martin Schlumberger

    1. Chapter 4

      Thyroid Surgery in Paediatric Patients (pages 33–42)

      Scott A. Rivkees, Christopher K. Breuer and Robert Udelsman

  6. Part II: Best Practices in Thyroid Surgery

    1. Chapter 5

      How to Perform a ‘Safe’ Thyroidectomy (pages 43–51)

      Elliot J. Mitmaker and Quan-Yang Duh

    1. Chapter 6

      Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Thyroidectomy (pages 53–60)

      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Piero Berti

    1. Chapter 7

      Robotic Thyroid Surgery (pages 61–66)

      Michael C. Singer and David J. Terris

    1. Chapter 8

      Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer (pages 67–77)

      Emad H. Kandil, Salem I. Noureldine and Ralph P. Tufano

    1. Chapter 9

      Extensive Surgery for Thyroid Cancer (pages 79–91)

      Dana M. Hartl, Haïtham Mirghani and Daniel F. Brasnu

    1. Chapter 10

      Surgery for Retrosternal/Upper Mediastinal Thyroid/Parathyroid Disease (pages 93–103)

      Jeffrey J. Houlton and David L. Steward

    1. Chapter 11

      Reoperative Thyroid Surgery (pages 105–110)

      N. Gopalakrishna Iyer and Ashok R. Shaha

    1. Chapter 12

      How to Use Energy Devices and their Potential Hazards (pages 111–115)

      Paolo Miccoli and Michele N. Minuto

  14. Part III: Intraoperative Complications - The ‘Classic’ Issues

    1. Chapter 13

      The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (pages 117–127)

      David Goldenberg and Gregory W. Randolph

    1. Chapter 14

      The Superior Laryngeal Nerve (pages 129–135)

      Tammy M. Holm and Sara I. Pai

    1. Chapter 15

      The Parathyroid Glands in Thyroid Surgery (pages 137–143)

      Maisie Shindo

    1. Chapter 16

      Cosmetic Complications (pages 145–149)

      Melanie W. Seybt and David J. Terris

  18. Part IV: Intraoperative Complications - The Rare Ones

    1. Chapter 17

      Management and Prevention of Laryngotracheal and Oesophageal Injuries in Thyroid Surgery (pages 151–160)

      Eran E. Alon and Mark L. Urken

    1. Chapter 18

      Injury of the Major Vessels (pages 161–167)

      Lourdes Quintanilla-Dieck and Neil D. Gross

    1. Chapter 19

      Lesions Following Lateral Neck Dissection (pages 169–177)

      Clive S. Grant

    1. Chapter 20

      Amiodarone-induced Thyrotoxicosis and Thyroid Storm (pages 179–188)

      Fausto Bogazzi, Luca Tomisti, Piero Berti and Enio Martino

  22. Part V: Postoperative Complications Requiring Urgent Treatment

    1. Chapter 21

      Respiratory Failure Following Extubation (pages 189–197)

      Moran Amit and Dan M. Fliss

    1. Chapter 22

      Postoperative Bleeding (pages 199–207)

      Richelle T. Williams and Peter Angelos

    1. Chapter 23

      The Occurrence and Management of Pneumothorax in Thyroid Surgery (pages 209–217)

      Kamran Samakar, Jason Wallen and Alfred Simental

  25. Part VI: Postoperative Complications

    1. Chapter 24

      The Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (pages 219–225)

      Michele P. Morrison and Gregory N. Postma

    1. Chapter 25

      The Parathyroids (pages 227–236)

      Claudio Marcocci and Luisella Cianferotti

    1. Chapter 26

      The Rare Ones: Horner's Syndrome, Complications from Surgical Positioning and Post-Sternotomy Complications (pages 237–248)

      Lukas H. Kus and Jeremy L. Freeman

    1. Chapter 27

      Late Complications of Thyroid Surgery (pages 249–255)

      Dennis R. Maceri

    1. Chapter 28

      Post-thyroidectomy Distress (pages 257–268)

      Mira Milas and Zvonimir Milas

  30. Part VII: New Issues: Complications Following Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques

    1. Chapter 29

      Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through the Neck Access (pages 269–274)

      Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto and Valeria Matteucci

    1. Chapter 30

      Minimally Invasive Techniques Performed Through Other Accesses (pages 275–284)

      Kee-Hyun Nam and William B. Inabnet

    1. Chapter 31

      Complications of Robotic Thyroidectomy (pages 285–290)

      David J. Terris and Michael C. Singer

  33. Part VIII: Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism, Metabolic Effects of Post-thyroidectomy Thyroid Hormone Replacement, and Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery

    1. Chapter 32

      Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism and Its Sequelae (pages 291–303)

      Paolo Vitti and Francesco Latrofa

    1. Chapter 33

      Quality of Life after Thyroid Surgery (pages 305–310)

      Alessandro Antonelli and Poupak Fallahi

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      Index (pages 311–319)

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