Hypothesis Excision of the extrahepatic portion of congenital choledochal cysts (CCs) avoids
the risk of cancer. The standard classification scheme is out of date. Design Retrospective …

Background Reportedly, 10−15% of patients with goiters ultimately require operative
intervention, and recurrences of multinodular goiter (MNG) account for up to 12% of all thyroid …

Context: Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare but ominous cause of primary hyperparathyroidism.
Objectives and Main Outcome Measures: The objective of the study was to review the …

Background: The extent of thyroidectomy for low-risk well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC)
remains controversial. Historically, total thyroidectomy (TT) has been recommended for …

Purpose The great spatial and temporal resolution of positron emission tomography might
provide the answer for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and non-localized …

Importance Frailty is a measure of decreased physiological reserve that is associated with
morbidity and mortality in major elective and emergency general surgery operations, …

Importance Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard for most adrenal disorders
and its frequency in the United States is increasing. While national and administrative …

Background: Approximately 5% of the nonmedullary thyroid cancers are hereditary.
Hereditary nonmedullary thyroid cancer may occur as a minor component of familial cancer …

Background The American Thyroid Association recently changed its management guidelines
for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) to include routine central neck lymph node dissection (…

Abstract purpose To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the sensitivity and
positive predictive value (PPV) of CT for preoperative parathyroid localization in patients with …