Endocrine Surgery: A South Asian Perspective

This comprehensive book on Endocrine Surgery covers disorders of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands along with neuroendocrine tumors of pancreas and gastrointestinal tract. It is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatise covering embryology, anatomy, etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnoses, and treatment modalities of surgical endocrine diseases. The authors explore the pertinent surgical endocrinology topics with a South Asian perspective. Color illustrations, flowcharts and tables make the topics lucid for professionals. This book provides the essential information surgeons require for evaluation and management of patients, both with straight forward, and complex endocrine problems.

Key Features

• Focusses on concise yet comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of surgical endocrine diseases
• Discusses Robot Assisted Endocrine Surgery and explores its impact on healthcare finances
• Highlights the difference between practices used in western and resource limited countries by incorporating a South Asian perspective for region specific diseases.

Dr Anand Kumar Mishra, MBBS, MS, PDCC, MCh, FACS is Professor & Head, Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India.

Dr Amit Agarwal, MBBS, MS, FRCS is Professor, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.

Dr Rajeev Parameswaran, BSc MBBS FRCS MPhil FRCS is Assistant Professor, Senior Consultant and Head, Division of Endocrine Surgery and Program Director, Surgery in General, National University Health System, Singapore.

Dr Kul Ranjan Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh, FACS, FICS is Associate Professor Department, Endocrine Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India.