50 Landmark Papers every Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeon Should Know

Sam Wiseman BSc, MD, FRCSC, FACSProfessor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia,Consultant Endocrine Surgeon, Head & Neck Surgeon, Surgical Oncologist, General Surgeon & Research Director, Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care,Consultant Surgical Oncologist, British Columbia Cancer Agency,Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaChair, Endocrine Tumour Group, BC Cancer Surgery, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Director of Research, Department of Surgery, Providence Health Care, Editor, Gray’s Surgical AnatomySebastian Aspinall MD FRCSEdConsultant Endocrine and General SurgeonAssociate Clinical Lecturer, University of AberdeenAberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

"The Preface reminds us that the literature in all medical specialities is increasing at an exponential rate with, internationally, one new paper appearing every four minutes that pass. If one is to be confident of evidence based practice (or an answer in an examination viva) then this idea of highlighting the most influential papers in a given field is invaluable. Similar texts from other publishers have applied the idea to otolaryngology in general but I think this idea works best when concentrated on super-specialist practice, as here, for thyroid and parathyroid surgeons, whatever their primary qualifications and surgical speciality. For such complex endocrine surgery, a multidisciplinary approach is essential, as is well illustrated.Landmark papers make up 50 chapters, written by an international panel of expert authors. Each writer was set a clinical topic and then left to select a high quality, recently published and well cited article. What did impress is the consistent style to each chapter and the result is far more than simply a reprint of the chosen study. The headings to each paragraph do reflect the quality of evaluation and criticism that the authors employ. It is worth listing each heading and again to stress that this is the format throughout: Research Questions, Study Design, Sample Size, Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria, Intervention or Treatment Received, Results, Limitations, Study Impact, Relevant Additional Studies. The authors are not afraid to criticise their chosen Landmark paper and do prove very capable reviewers.I will not then list the fifty chapter titles and topics, but will just say that they range from Vessel Sealing Devices, to Surgeon Volume (that learning curve issue) to Normohormonal Primary Hyperparathyroidism. That last title impressed upon this retired otologist just how complex can endocrine surgery prove. If the book title holds any interest for you, do skip through the table of contents and learn what should be influencing your practice, all published since 2000.From the same publisher (who has produced some of the best known textbooks in UK Otolaryngology) this is the latest of nine “50 Landmark Papers”, applied to such fields as breast, spinal and trauma surgery. Maybe one day we will see a subtitle such as “Every Rhinologist Should Know”, but, inevitably the market is then limited. What did strike me only on completing the review was noting the price of the paperback I had received. This is great value."Liam M Flood FRCS FRCSI -The Journal of Laryngology

• Part One: ThyroidSection One: Thyroid Nodule Evaluation & TreatmentChapter One: UltrasoundReview by: Julia E. Noel, Lisa A. OrloffChapter 2: CytologyReview by: William G Albergotti, Emad Al Haj AliChapter 3: Molecular DiagnosticsReview By: Todd McMullenChapter 4: Ablation Review By: Hannah Nieto,Neil Sharma Section Two: ThyroidectomyChapter 5: Surgeon VolumeReview by: Akie Watanabe, Sam M. WisemanChapter 6: Thyroidectomy: Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve MonitoringReview by: Marika D. Russell, Rick Schneider, Che-Wei Wu, Amr H. Abdelhamid, Gregory W. RandolphChapter 7: Superior Laryngeal Nerve Management.Review by Thomas D. Milner, Eitan PrismanChapter 8: Thyroidectomy: Vessel Sealing DevicesReview by Matthew Cherko, Ram MoorthyChapter 9: Thyroidectomy: Parathyroid AutofluorescenceReview by: Paulina Kuczma, Marco Demarchi, Frederic TriponezChapter 10: Remote Access ThyroidectomyReview by: Maureen D. Moore, Thomas J. Fahey Chapter 11: Thyroidectomy: Robotic Review by: Mahmoud Omar, Mohamed Aboueisha, Mohamed Shama, Emad KandilChapter 12: Graves' DiseaseReview by: Rajam Raghunathan, Jacques How, Roger Tabah, Elliot Mitmaker, Chapter 13: GoiterChapter Authors: Lucinda Duncan-Were, Carla PajakChapter 14: ComplicationsReview By: Sendhil Rajan, Muhammad Shakeel, Sebastian AspinallChapter 15: HypoparathyroidismReview by: Richard D. Bavier, David GoldenbergChapter 16: Parathyroid AutotransplantationReview by: Helen E DoranSection Three – Thyroid Cancer Chapter 17: EpidemiologyReview by: Charles MeltzerChapter 18: NIFTPReview by Tal Yalon,, Haggi Mazeh, Chapter 19: MicrocarcinomaReview by Timothy M. Ullmann,Quan-Yang DuhChapter 20: Risk StratificationReview by: Nancy L. Cho, Gerard M. DohertyChapter 21:StagingReview by: Bianka Saravana-Bawan, Jesse D PasternakChapter 22: Extent of ThyroidectomyReview by: Pavithran Maniam, Iain J. NixonChapter 23: Central Neck DissectionReview by: Shayanne A. Lajud, Jeremy L. FreemanChapter 24: Recurrent Differentiated Thyroid CancerReview by: Agamemnon Pericleous, Samuel Backman, Matilda Annebäck, Neil TolleyChapter 25: Recombinant TSH/Adjuvant Radioactive Iodine TherapyReview by: Daegan Sit, Jonn Wu, Sarah HamiltonChapter 26: Targeted TherapyReview by: Arif Adnan ShaukatChapter 27: Anaplastic CarcinomaReview by: Omar Hilmi, Miss Lucy LiChapter 28: Medullary CarcinomaReview by Aleix Rovira, Paul V Carroll, Ricard SimoChapter 29: Medullary Carcinoma: MEN-2Review by: Yi Sia, Radu MihaiChapter 30: Pediatric Differentiated CarcinomaReview by: Frances T. Lee, Xavier M. Keutgen, Peter AngelosPart Two: Parathyroid Section Four: Primary Hyperparathyroidism - PreoperativeChapter 31: EpidemiologyReview by: Brendan C. Stack Jr.Chapter 32: Natural History of Untreated DiseaseReview by: Fares BenmiloudChapter 33: Surgical IndicationsReview by: Peter TruranChapter 34: Preoperative LocalisationReview by: Saba P BalasubramanianSection Five: Primary Hyperparathyroidism - ParathyroidectomyChapter 35: Surgeon VolumeReview by: Rongzhi Wang, Herbert ChenChapter 36: Bilateral OperationReviewed by: Fiona C Eatock, Ioan Titus Cvasciuc, Chapter 37: Focused OperationReview by: Bianka Saravana-Bawan, Adrienne MelckChapter 38: Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Intraoperative PTH MeasurementReview By: Hiba Fatayer, Susannah ShoreChapter 39: Remote access OperationReview By: Priscilla Procopio, Pennestrì Francesco, Marco RaffaelliChapter 40: Parathyroid CryopreservationReview by: Abby Gross, Eren BerberChapter 41: AutofluorescenceReview by: John PhayChapter 42: Normocalcemic Primary HyperparathyroidismReview by: Samir Damji, Adrian HarveyChapter 43: Normohormonal Primary HyperparathyroidismReview by: Mechteld C de Jong, Sheila M FraserChapter 44: Recurrent HyperparathyroidismReview by: Matilda Annebäck, F. Fausto PalazzoChapter 45: Surgical ComplicationsReview by: Neil Patel, Michael Stechman,Chapter 46: MEN1- HyperparathyroidismReview by: David Leong, Stan SidhuChapter 47: MEN-2 - HyperparathyroidismReview by: Mechteld C de Jong, Rajeev ParameswaranSection Six: Secindary HyperparathyroidismChapter 48: Secondary HyperparathyroidismReview by: Hadiza S Kazaure, Julie Ann SosaSection Seven: Tertiary Hyperparathroidism Chapter 49: Tertiary HyperparathyroidismReview by: Thomas Burton, Goswin Meyer- RochowSection Eight: Parathyroid Carcinoma Chapter 50: Parathyroid CarcinomaReview by: Gaurav Agarwal, Dileep Ramesh Hoysal