Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy
The first endoscopic parathyroidectomy was performed by M. Gagner who operated on a patient presenting with a primary hyperparathyroidism (HPTH) caused by a hyperplasia of four glands. The operation, although successful, raised a certain degree of skeptic
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Daniel Oertli • Robert Udelsman Editors
Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands Second Edition
Editors Prof. Daniel Oertli, M.D. Division of General Surgery Department of Surgery University Hospital Basel Basel Switzerland
Illustrator Jörg Kühn Heuchelheim-Klingen Germany
Prof. Robert Udelsman, M.D., M.B.A. Department of Surgery Yale University School of Medicine New Haven USA
ISBN 978-3-642-23458-3 ISBN 978-3-642-23459-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-23459-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Preface to the Second Edition
Thyroid and parathyroid disorders are frequently encountered by the endocrine surgeon in daily practice. It was the editors’ privilege to organize and complete the second edition of our textbook. Rapid advances in endocrine surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands made a new textbook version necessary after only 4 years. In updating all chapters and expanding the size of the textbook by additional chapters, we have recruited a number of excellent new contributors. Of particular interest are the newly added chapters to this extensive and comprehensive textbook: • Molecular diagnost
