Controversies in Thyroid Surgery

John B. Hanks, MDDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Virginia Charlottesville, VAUSAWilliam Inabnett, III. MD FACSDepartment of SurgeryMount Sinai Beth Israel Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NYUSA

Part A: General Topics.- Controversies in the Management of Nodular Thyroid Disease.- The Use of Ultrasound in the Management of Thyroid Disorders.- Pre and Post Thyroidectomy Voice Assessment.- Intraoperative Neuro-monitoring of the Laryngeal Nerves During Thyroidectomy.- Who Should Do Thyroid Surgery?.- Ambulatory Thyroid Surgery-Is This the Way of the Future?.- Robotic Thyroidectomy: Is There Still A Role?.- Graves' Disease-What is the Role and Timing of Surgery?.- Vocal Fold Paralysis and Thyroid Surgery.- Part B: Cancer Topics.- Optimal Treatment for Papillary Microcarcinoma.- Molecular Profiles and the "Indeterminate" Thyroid Nodule.- Controversies in the Surgical Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Central Lymph Node Dissection for Well-Differentiated Cancer.- The Role of Risk Stratification in the Treatment of Well Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- Imaging for Preoperative Assessment and Staging of Thyroid Cancer.- Anaplastic Cancer and Rare Forms of Cancer Affecting the Thyroid.- The Role of Targeting Therapies or Non-Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Malignancies: Is Surgery Being Replaced?.

"This slender, multiauthored monograph addresses a series of controversial topics in thyroid surgery. The topics are well chosen and algorithms, tables, and color photographs are used throughout to illustrate key points. ... Endocrine surgeons, endocrinologists, and head and neck surgeons will find this of interest. ... provide a thoroughly up-to-date discussion of controversial topics in the field." (Carol Scott-Conner, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2016)