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Papillary Cancer

This page includes more advanced information on a specific type of thyroid cancer: papillary thyroid cancer. Please read our Introduction to Thyroid Cancer page first, which gives a general overview of all types of thyroid cancer since it will make this page easier to understand.

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

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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