Parathyroid Gland Disorders

In this authored book, we aim at emphasizing established concepts, displaying the ongoing arguments, controversies, challenges, and debates on diagnosis and treat-ment of different parathyroid gland disorders with a view of clarifying some uncer-tainties, making suggestions to resolve others, and establishing strategies to reach therapeutic success.

This book, with 107 images and 1673 references, will provide a valuable source of knowledge and reference for all specialists and trainees entrusted with the care of patients suffering from parathyroid gland diseases. It includes 18 chapters, namely, historical review, embryology of the parathyroid gland, surgical anatomy of the parathyroid gland, histology of the parathyroid gland, physiology of the parathyroid gland, calcium: why is it important?, hyperparathyroidism (HPT), osteitis fbrosa cystica, hypothyroidism, metabolic syndromes of parathyroid failure, hungry bone syndrome, post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia (incidence and risk factors, clinical presentation, prevention), parathyroid transplantation, parathyroid cancer, intra- operative tools in parathyroidectomy, and parathyroidectomy.It is my collective hope that head and neck surgeons, dentists, maxillofacial sur-geons, orthopedic surgeons, endocrinologists, oncologists, pediatricians, and clini-cians of other specialties will fnd this book to be a useful and indispensable resource as they face the most challenging of parathyroid gland disorders to help provide individual patients with the best possible outcome.

Alexandria, Egypt

 Mahmoud F. Sakr