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Surgery for Hyperthyroidism

Surgery is a treatment option for hyperthyroidism, but it's not as commonly used as antithyroid medications or radioactive iodine.

Surgery for Osteoporosis

If you have a serious osteoporosis fracture, you'll most likely need surgery. The most common locations for osteoporosis-related fractures are in the hip, spine, and wrist.

Papillary Cancer

This page includes more advanced information on a specific type of thyroid cancer. . .

Minimal Parathyroid Surgery

Also called: Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy, or "MIRP" The technique of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy using intraoperative nuclear mapping (also called minimally invasive radioguided parathyroidectomy (MIRP)) was pioneered in

Hyperparathyroidism Diagnosis and Treatment

Since parathyroids are glands of the endocrine system, we can detect disease in these glands by measuring the appropriateness of their hormone production.

Minimal Parathyroid Surgery

Also called: Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroid Surgery The article below is an abstract being presented at a major medical conference in the Spring of 2003 regarding parathyroid surgery. This research was conducted by the Endocrine Surgery Departme

Pre-Operative Decision Making

It is clear that ALL patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are candidates for minimally invasive parathyroid surgery using intraoperative nuclear mapping. ALL parathyroid patients can take advantage of using a radioactive-detection probe during the surgery,

Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy

A benign adrenal cortical tumor is shown in this picture which also shows the entire triangular adrenal gland. This tumor produced very large amounts of the hormone "aldosterone" which helps maintain salt balance in the blood when produced in normal amounts.

Introduction to Endocrinology & Endocrine Surgery

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