Overview
- First book to be devoted to minimally invasive thyroidectomy
- Covers many different techniques and approaches Including videos
- Edited and written by world leaders on the topic
- User-friendly format ideal for the busy surgeon and practicing endocrinologist
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Dimitrios Linos has extensive experience in minimally invasive non-endoscopic thyroidectomy (MINET), but he has also introduced the technique of endoscopic and robotic-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy into Europe. He is Director of Surgery at Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece and has a close collaboration with the Department of Endocrine Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Associate Professor at the University of Athens Medical School and Lecturer on Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Linos is a member of several surgical societies and is actively involved with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), The Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES).
Dr. Woong Youn Chung is a leader in minimally invasive thyroidectomy and has the most extensive experience in robotically assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy. He is staff surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul Korea. He is Editor-in-chief of the Korean Association of Endocrine Surgeons and an active member in various other professional societies, including the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES). Dr. Chung has published extensively and is a mentor for several international thyroid surgeons around the world who visit his department and learn the details of robotically assisted thyroidectomy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy
Editors: Dimitrios Linos, Woong Youn Chung
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23696-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23695-2Due: 18 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52048-2Published: 04 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23696-9Published: 24 February 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 257
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 234 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Endocrinology