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 …

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 The standard classification scheme is out of date.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: Pheochromocytomas vary in presentation, tumor size, and in catecholamine
production. Whether pheochromocytoma size correlates with hormone levels, clinical …

Objective Surgeons have postulated on numerous occasions that cancer resection may
participate in the dissemination of a malignancy. This randomized trial sought to determine …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Approximately 30% of fine‐needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies of thyroid
nodules are indeterminate or nondiagnostic. Recent studies suggest microRNA (miRNA, miR) is …

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

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

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

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