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World Journal of Surgery

Issue 3/2014

Content (34 Articles)

Cure Predictability During Parathyroidectomy

Robert Udelsman, Patricia Donovan, Cary Shaw

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Analysis of Failure of Parathyroidectomy

A. Bagul, H. P. Patel, D. Chadwick, B. J. Harrison, S. P. Balasubramanian

Improvement of Sleep Disturbance and Insomnia Following Parathyroidectomy for Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Sara E. Murray, Priya R. Pathak, Sarah C. Schaefer, Herbert Chen, Rebecca S. Sippel

Muscle Function Is Impaired in Patients With “Asymptomatic” Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Lars Rolighed, Anne Kristine Amstrup, Niels Frederik Breum Jakobsen, Tanja Sikjaer, Leif Mosekilde, Peer Christiansen, Lars Rejnmark

The Final Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Level: How Low Should It Go?

Laura I. Wharry, Linwah Yip, Michaele J. Armstrong, Mohamed A. Virji, Michael T. Stang, Sally E. Carty, Kelly L. McCoy

Is Intraoperative Calcitonin Monitoring Useful to Modulate the Extension of Neck Dissection in Patients With Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma?

Carmela De Crea, Marco Raffaelli, Valentina Milano, Cinzia Carrozza, Cecilia Zuppi, Rocco Bellantone, Celestino P. Lombardi

Role of Preoperative Basal Calcitonin Levels in the Timing of Prophylactic Thyroidectomy in Patients With Germline RET Mutations

Jean-Christophe Lifante, Claire Blanchard, Eric Mirallié, Albert David, Jean-Louis Peix

Results of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery and Preoperative Vocal Cord Paralysis

Kerstin Lorenz, Mohammed Abuazab, Carsten Sekulla, Rick Schneider, Phuong Nguyen Thanh, Henning Dralle

Open Access

Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring Can Reduce Prevalence of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury in Thyroid Reoperations: Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study

Marcin Barczyński, Aleksander Konturek, Krzysztof Pragacz, Aleksandra Papier, Małgorzata Stopa, Wojciech Nowak

Is Vocal Cord Asymmetry Seen on Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasonography a Significant Predictor of Voice Quality Changes After Thyroidectomy?

Kai-Pun Wong, Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Sze-How Ng, Chung-Yeung Cheung, Christina Tin-Yan Chan, Miu-Yee Chan

Thyroid Nodules (≥4 cm): Can Ultrasound and Cytology Reliably Exclude Cancer?

Laura I. Wharry, Kelly L. McCoy, Michael T. Stang, Michaele J. Armstrong, Shane O. LeBeau, Mitch E. Tublin, Biatta Sholosh, Ari Silbermann, N. Paul Ohori, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Steven P. Hodak, Sally E. Carty, Linwah Yip

Potential Effects of Molecular Testing of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy on Thyroidectomy Volume

Priya H. Dedhia, Gustavo A. Rubio, Mark S. Cohen, Barbra S. Miller, Paul G. Gauger, David T. Hughes

Use of Spiral Computed Tomography Volumetry for Determining the Operative Approach in Patients with Graves’ Disease

June Young Choi, Kyu Eun Lee, Do Hoon Koo, Kyu Hyung Kim, Eun young Kim, Dong Sik Bae, Sung Eun Jung, Yeo-Kyu Youn

Reoperative Experience with Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Edwin O. Onkendi, Travis J. McKenzie, Melanie L. Richards, David R. Farley, Geoffrey B. Thompson, Jan L. Kasperbauer, Ian D. Hay, Clive S. Grant

Patterns of Structural Recurrence in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Schelto Kruijff, Japke F. Petersen, Paul Chen, Ahmed M. Aniss, Roderick J. Clifton-Bligh, Stan B. Sidhu, Leigh W. Delbridge, Anthony J. Gill, Diana Learoyd, Mark S. Sywak

Airtight Tracheocutaneostomy After Window Resection of the Trachea for Invasive Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Experience of 109 Cases

Yasuhiro Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Minoru Kihara, Takuya Higashiyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Miya

Prophylactic Level II Neck Dissection Guided by Frozen Section for Clinically Node-Negative Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Is It Useful?

Dana M. Hartl, Abir Al Ghuzlan, Isabelle Borget, Sophie Leboulleux, Haïtham Mirghani, Martin Schlumberger

BRAFV600E Mutation Analysis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Is it Useful for all Patients?

Yasuhiro Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida, Minoru Kihara, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi

Establishment, Characterization and Comparison of Seven Authentic Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines Retaining Clinical Features of the Original Tumors

Naoyoshi Onoda, Masanori Nakamura, Naoki Aomatsu, Satoru Noda, Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Kosei Hirakawa

A Survey of Preferences Regarding Surgical Approach to Thyroid Surgery

Nicholas E. Coorough, David F. Schneider, Monica Woll Rosen, Rebecca S. Sippel, Herbert Chen, Margaret L. Schwarze, Haggi Mazeh

Optimal Timing of Surgery for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Pregnant Women

Takashi Uruno, Hiroshi Shibuya, Wataru Kitagawa, Mitsuji Nagahama, Kiminori Sugino, Koichi Ito

Synchronous Bilateral Adrenalectomy for Cushing’s Syndrome: Laparoscopic Versus Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Versus Robotic Approach

Marco Raffaelli, Laurent Brunaud, Carmela De Crea, Guillaume Hoche, Luigi Oragano, Laurent Bresler, Rocco Bellantone, Celestino P. Lombardi

Prospective Study to Compare Peri-operative Hemodynamic Alterations following Preparation for Pheochromocytoma Surgery by Phenoxybenzamine or Prazosin

Ritesh Agrawal, Saroj Kanta Mishra, Eesh Bhatia, Anjali Mishra, Gyan Chand, Gaurav Agarwal, Amit Agarwal, Ashok Kumar Verma

Role of SDHAF2 and SDHD in von Hippel–Lindau Associated Pheochromocytomas

Johan Kugelberg, Jenny Welander, Francesca Schiavi, Ambrogio Fassina, Martin Bäckdahl, Catharina Larsson, Giuseppe Opocher, Peter Söderkvist, Patricia L. Dahia, Hartmut P. H. Neumann, Oliver Gimm

Impact of Surgical Resection for Subdiaphragmatic Paragangliomas

Shabirhusain S. Abadin, Montserrat Ayala-Ramirez, Camilo Jimenez, Paxton V. Dickson, Yu Liang, Alexander J. Lazar, Jason L. Hornick, Michael Cotton, Dawen Sui, Thereasa Rich, Jeffrey E. Lee, Elizabeth Grubbs, Nancy D. Perrier

Indication for Liver Transplantation in Young Patients with Small Intestinal NETs Is Rare?

Olov Norlén, Kosmas Daskalakis, Kjell Öberg, Göran Åkerström, Peter Stålberg, Per Hellman

The Prognostic Relevance of Psammoma Bodies and Ultrasonographic Intratumoral Calcifications in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Mayilvaganan Sabaretnam, Jozy Timothy, Mayilvaganan Kamalaretnam, Indu Maniketh