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 text encompasses many different thyroid diagnoses as well as several specialties of practicing surgeons in the United States. Over the last ten years many advances have been made in preoperative assessment including imaging and diagnostic techniques, operative approaches including zminimally invasivey and robotic surgery, and post-operative care. This volume also explores some of the controversies that arise as the result of these new findings and applications. The book�is divided into two categories of�benign diagnosis and cancer topics. Both of these areas lend themselves to separate analysis of specific problems in the areas mentioned above. The�text reviews recent data about advances in diagnostic techniques as well as outcomes with specific regards to the newer operative techniques in thyroid surgery. Controversies in Thyroid Surgery will serve as a resource for medical and surgical colleagues involved in the treatment of a wide variety of thyroid diseases.>.