- Provides extensive, detailed information on ablation techniques for thyroid and parathyroid diseases, with comprehensive coverage of the requirements, concepts, techniques, and results of these novel approaches
- Features ultrasound images and videos on the thyroid and parathyroid disease process, set-up and procedures, follow-up protocols, and expected outcomes
- Depicts techniques in a clear, easy-to-follow manner, with 3D images that provide a detailed perspective of anatomy and how to execute the ablation
- Covers key topics such as indications for ablation, principles and equipment specifics for thermal ablation, fine needle aspiration, auxiliary techniques for thermal ablation treatment, molecular markers and the role of thermal ablation on benign and malignant nodules, and much more
- Includes a how-to training manual, which provides details on getting started, in-office set-up, equipment needs, and safe procedural execution, along with practical recommendations for training modalities and initial cases. This manual also focuses on thorough patient assessment, comfort measures, and complication management
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Table of Contents
Basic Principles1. Thyroid And Neck Ultrasound - Anatomy and Characteristics Applied to Thermal Ablation
2. Fine Needle Aspiration - The Cornerstone for Thermal Ablation
3. Molecular Markers and The Role for Thermal Ablation on Benign and Malignant Nodules
Benign Nodules
4. Epidemiology and Natural History of Benign Thyroid Nodules
5. Indications for Thermal Ablation in Benign Thyroid Nodules
6. Thermal Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules
7. Thermal Ablation of Autonomous-Functioning Thyroid Nodules
8. Follow-Up of Thermal Ablated Thyroid Lesions
9. Complications of Thermal Ablation of Thyroid Nodules
Malignant Nodules
10. Thermal Ablation of Primary Malignant Tumors of The Thyroid
11. Thermal Ablation of Metastatic Lymph Nodes
12. Follow-Up of Thermal Ablated Malignant Thyroid Nodules
Future Directions
13. Future Directions of Thermal Ablation Therapies
14. Parathyroid Gland Ablation
15. Training Manual
Authors
Ralph P. Tufano Clinical Professor of Surgery, The Florida State University College of Medicine, Sarasota, Florida, USA. Dr. Tufano has served as the Charles W. Cummings MD Endowed Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine from 2012-2021. Dr. Tufano has served as the department's Director of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery since 2011 and its American Head and Neck Society accredited fellowship in Endocrine Surgery. He is also a past chair of the American Academy of Otolaryngology's Endocrine Surgery Committee and serves on the American Head and Neck Society's Endocrine Section Board. He has authored over 230 peer-reviewed papers, more than 40 textbook chapters related to thyroid and parathyroid diseases, and has edited two textbooks. After 21 years at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Dr. Tufano joined the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System in 2021 to direct the First Physicians Group Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Endocrine Center that consists of a dedicated Thyroid and Parathyroid Center and Head and Neck Cancer Center. He is now a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Florida State University College of Medicine. Dr. Tufano was the first surgeon in the U.S.A. to perform RFA of thyroid nodules (2019). David Goldenberg Steven and Sharon Baron Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.David Goldenberg, MD, FACS, is a Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist. He was educated at the Ben Gurion University in Israel. He completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, and then went on to do a three-year fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He then came to Penn State Hersey and has been there for 20 years.
Currently, Professor and Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center.
David combines a busy surgical practice with teaching and research. His clinical practice includes head and neck cancers, thyroid cancer, and parathyroid disease. In addition, David actively teaches medical students, residents, and fellows and is a Penn State College of Medicine Distinguished Educator.
Dr. Goldenberg is an internationally recognized expert on thyroid cancer, thyroid, and parathyroid surgery. He is a funded researcher, and his clinical research focuses on outcomes and etiology of the rise in the incidence of thyroid cancer. In addition, his basic research lab and translational research focus on Head and neck and thyroid cancer genomics.
Dr. Goldenberg is an accomplished and prolific author of 270 journal articles, 40 book chapters, and eight books in the field of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Leonardo G. Rangel Chief, Head and Neck Surgery, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. Dr. Rangel is the Chief of Head and Neck Surgery of Rio de Janeiro State University in Brazil. He has engaged in several educative initiatives regarding Radiofrequency Ablation of Thyroid Nodules and his research focuses on minimally invasive therapies for thyroid nodules.
