Adrenal Glands: Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical TherapyDimitrios A. Linos, Jon A. van Heerden - Over 200 exquisite illustrations, ranging from intraoperative photographs, line drawings, diagnostic images, pathology slides, tables and graphs are available to make each case discussed comprehensible and easy to follow. - Traditional and novel therapeutic recommendations are introduced and the latest developments in minimal-access operative techniques are discussed and reviewed. - Focuses on a teamwork oriented approach that identifies the necessary communications amongst the many medical disciplines when dealing with adrenal disorders. |
Contents
History of Adrenal Surgery | 1 |
Surgical Anatomy | 7 |
HypothalamicPituitaryAdrenal Axis | 19 |
The Sympathoadrenal System Integrative Regulation of the Cortical and the Medullary Adrenal Functions | 33 |
The Value of Adrenal Imaging in Adrenal Surgery | 41 |
Cushings Syndrome | 57 |
Subclinical Cushings Syndrome | 67 |
Ectopic Cushings Syndrome | 75 |
Neuroblastoma | 211 |
Miscellaneous Adrenal Neoplasms Cysts Myelolipoma Hemangioma Lymphangioma | 223 |
Adrenal Incidentalomas | 231 |
Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass Incidentaloma or Adrenaloma | 241 |
Genetic Syndromes Associated with Adrenal Tumors | 251 |
Adrenal Tumors and Pregnancy | 265 |
AdrenalSparing Surgery | 275 |
Anesthesia for Adrenal Surgery | 287 |
Cushings Syndrome in Children and Adolescents | 87 |
Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia | 101 |
Overview of Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes | 115 |
Primary AldosteronismThe Surgical Perspective | 127 |
Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 131 |
Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 143 |
Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma | 151 |
Virilizing and Feminizing Adrenal Tumors | 159 |
Pheochromocytoma | 177 |
Extraadrenal and Malignant Pheochromocytoma | 189 |
Pheochromocytoma in MEN2A MEN2B and von HippelLindau Disease | 195 |
Benign Paragangliomas | 201 |
Open Left Anterior Adrenalectomy | 299 |
Open Right Anterior Adrenalectomy | 303 |
Open Posterior Adrenalectomy | 309 |
Right Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy | 313 |
Left Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy | 321 |
Laparoscopic Lateral Transabdominal Adrenalectomy | 325 |
Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy | 333 |
Laparoscopic Partial Adrenalectomy | 341 |
Virtual Reality and Robotic Technologies in Adrenal Surgery | 345 |
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Other editions - View all
Adrenal Glands: Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy Dimitrios A. Linos,Jon A. van Heerden Limited preview - 2005 |
Adrenal Glands: Diagnostic Aspects and Surgical Therapy Dimitrios A. Linos,Jon A. van Heerden No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
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