Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Neck Dissection
Fig. 15.1 The camera is handled by an assistant who can rotate it in order to better expose the site of dissection Harmonic scalpel is particularly useful when a VA-CCD…
Hemostatic Devices
Fig. 19.1 Superior pole dissection using harmonic scalpel during mini-invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy. EBSLN external branch of superior laryngeal nerve Fig. 19.2 Inferior pole dissection using Harmonic Focus® during mini-invasive thyroidectomy….
Perioperative Medical Treatment
Fig. 23.1 Historical evolution of treatment of hypothyroidism A number of studies, following observations about the benefit of T4 and T3 combination therapy, have largely failed to confirm an advantage…
Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy (MIVAT)
Fig. 10.1 Skin incision; thyroid lobe is medially retracted while the strap muscles are retracted laterally, using two little Farabeuf; endoscope (5 mm – 30°) and the dedicated small surgical…
Robotic Thyroidectomy
Fig. 12.1 Comparison of the RAT and RFT approaches. Dashed and dotted lines show the extent of dissection for each procedure. A robotic axillary thyroidectomy (RAT), B robotic facelift thyroidectomy…
Endoscopic Parathyroidectomy
Fig. 14.1 Instruments Fig. 14.2 Trocars sites: three trocars are positioned on the line of anterior border of the SCM. Central trocar receive the 10-mm 0° endoscope and the other…
Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Parathyroidectomy (MIVAP)
Fig. 13.1 MIVAP: Left inferior laryngeal nerve and left superior parathyroid adenoma Thanks to the central access, MIVAP allows contralateral parathyroid glands exploration through the same skin incision when necessary…
Patient Counselling and Patients’ Involvement in Health Policy
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_24 24. Patient Counselling and Patients’ Involvement in Health Policy Dominique Van Doorne1 and Moreno Busolin1 (1) EUPATI National Liaison Team,…
Ultrasound Features of Thyroid, Parathyroid, Neck Lymph Nodes: Normal and Pathologic Pattern
Median sensitivity (range) (%) Median specificity (range) (%) Hypoechoic vs. surrounding parenchyma 81 % (48–90 %) 53 % (36–92 %) Hypoechoic vs. strap muscles 41 % (27–59 %) 94…
Cytology of Thyroid Lesions
Fig. 3.1 A colloid goiter showing a colloid droplet and clusters of typical follicular cells (LBC, Pap, 300×) The cytological findings of a nodular lesion in Graves’s disease is not…
