This book describes in detail the various techniques of minimally invasive thyroidectomy that have emerged in recent years and presents the new supportive equipment, including intraoperative monitoring and energy devices. In addition, the basic preoperative techniques that are a prerequisite to successful thyroidectomy are covered, and individual chapters are devoted to complications, outcomes, and post-thyroidectomy quality of life. Important related topics are also discussed, including guidelines for managing papillary and medullary thyroid cancer and the surgical management of metastatic...

This book details the latest techniques of minimally invasive thyroidectomy and presents new supportive equipment, including intraoperative monitoring and energy devices. Coverage includes guidelines for managing cancers and metastatic lymph nodes, and more.