Surgery of the Parathyroid Glands

This book gives a brief history on parathyroid gland surgery and describes parathyroid gland embryology anatomy histology and physiology. It discusses the recent advances in many topics of parathyroid gland surgery including hyper- and hypo-parathyroidism hungry bone syndrome post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia (overview risk factors presentation prevention and management) parathyroid transplantation and parathyroid cancer. This book also describes the different techniques of parathyroidectomy and discusses the recent advances in intra-operative tools used during parathyroidectomy.