Endocrine Surgery in Children

Part I. Thyroid

1. Thyroid Gland Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology
Gerard V. Walls, Radu Mihai

2. Hyperthyroidism
Betty Panayota Messazos, Radu Mihai, Fiona Jane Ryan

3. Thyroid Nodules in Children
Geoffrey K. Blair, Daniel J. Ledbetter

4. Thyroid Cancer in Children
Daniel J. Ledbetter

Part II. Parathyroid

5. Parathyroid Gland Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology
Gerard V. Walls, Radu Mihai

6. Parathyroid Surgery in Children
Jocelyn Burke, Herbert Chen, Ankush Gosain

Part III. Adrenal

7. Adrenal Gland Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology
Sanjeev Vasudevan, Mary L. Brandt

8. Pheochromocytoma
Michael J. Stechman, Gregory P. Sadler

9. Neuroblastoma
Keith Holmes

10. The Evaluation and Management of Adrenal Masses and Adrenocortical Tumors (Act)
Kenneth W. Gow

Part IV. Pancreas

11. Pancreas Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology
Joseph Fusco, Yousef EL-Gohary, George K. Gittes

12. Congenital Hyperinsulinism
Khalid Hussain, Shireen A. Nah, Agostino Pierro

13. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours
Paul R. V. Johnson

14. Islet Cell Transplantation
Antonio Bruni, Michael McCall, A. M. James Shapiro

15. Diabetes in the Pediatric Surgical Patient
Ari J. Wassner, Michael S. D. Agus

Part V. Bariatric Surgery

16. Assessing and Selecting Patients for Bariatric Surgery
Thomas H. Inge

17. Bariatric Surgery in Children
Mansoor Ali Khan, Roger Ackroyd

Part VI. Ovary, Testicles, and Fertility

18. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Disorders of Sexual Development
Rafael V. Pieretti, Patricia K. Donahoe

19. Testis Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology
John Hutson

20. Surgical Considerations of Testicular Maldescent
John Hutson

21. Testicular Torsion
Daniel W. Colliver, David F. M. Thomas

22. Testicular Tumors in Children
Yaser El-Hout, Darius J. Bägli

23. Ovarian Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology Including Normal Menstrual Physiology
Nancy Sokkary, Jennifer E. Dietrich

24. Ovarian Tumours in Children
David F. M. Thomas

25. Ovarian Torsion
Anne C. Fischer

26. Fertility Preservation
Jennia Michaeli, Stephen Kennedy, Ariel Revel

Part VII. Breast

27. Breast Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology
Monica E. Lopez, Oluyinka O. Olutoye

28. Paediatric and Adolescent Breast Disorders
Clare M. Rees, Kokila Lakhoo, P. G. Roy

29. Gynecomastia
Tim Goodacre, Gavin McCoubrey

Part VIII. Miscellaneous

30. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and Type 4
Gerard V. Walls

31. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
Eduardo A. Perez, Michael Skinner

Part IX. Pituitary

32. Pituitary Gland Embryology, Anatomy and Physiology
Vaitsa Tziaferi, Mehul T. Dattani

33. Surgical Considerations of the Pituitary
Toba Niazi, Samuel R. Browd

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Pediatric Surgery