Video 31.1 Basic Thyroid Surgical Maneuvers. Video 31.2 Advanced Thyroid Cancer Surgery. Video 31.3 Total Thyroidectomy: Autofluorescence and Parathyroid Angiography. Introduction There are a number of chapters in this text devoted to specific thyroid surgical approaches, ranging from minimally invasive…
Video 6.1 Surgery for Cervical and Substernal Goiter. The word goiter is derived from “guttur,” the Latin term for throat. Surgery for goiter is as complex as it is rewarding. With goiter, the normally complex neck base anatomy is distorted…
The history of thyroid surgery closely parallels the evolution of modern surgical techniques and the synthesis of our understanding of anatomy, physiology, endocrinology, and pathology. The evolution of thyroid surgical techniques has been convoluted. Even when thyroid and parathyroid disorders…
Key Points Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) comprises a group of disorders that arise from complex inflammatory processes triggered by the interaction between an array of environmental agents and the host mucosal immune system. CRS is overwhelmingly idiopathic; however, few patients have…