BookMahmoud F. Sakr.
Summary: The book offers a comprehensive overview of all parathyroid gland disorders both, benign and malignant. It emphases established concepts, presents the ongoing controversies, challenges and debates on diagnosis and treatment of different parathyroid gland disorders, with a view of clarifying some uncertainties, making suggestions to resolve others, and establishing strategies to reach therapeutic success.In addition to general information on parathyroid gland embryology, surgical anatomy, histology and physiology, the chapters explore hyperparathyroidism, osteitis fibrosa cystica, hypoparathyroidism, hungry bone syndrome, the importance of calcium in the human body and differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia. The last chapters investigate post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia, thyroid cancer, recent intra-operative localizing tools, and illustrate new techniques of parathyroidectomy, as well as parathyroid transplantation. The book will be an invaluable and indispensable source of knowledge and reference for all specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of patients suffering from parathyroid disease.
Contents:
Parathyroid Glands: Historical Review
Embryology of the Parathyroid Gland
Surgical Anatomy of the Parathyroid Gland
Histology of the Parathyroid Gland
Physiology of the Parathyroid Gland
Calcium: Why is it Important? Hyperparathyroidism (HPT)
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica
Hypoparathyroidism
Metabolic Syndromes of Parathyroid Failure
Hungry Bone Syndrome
Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: Incidence and Risk Factors
Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: Clinical Presentation
Post-thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: Prevention
Parathyroid Transplantation
Parathyroid Cancer
Intra-operative tools in Parathyroidectomy
Parathyroidectomy.