Adrenal Glands

• History of Adrenal Surgery.- Surgical Anatomy.- Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis.- The Sympathoadrenal System.- The Value of Adrenal Imaging in Adrenal Surgery.- Cushing’s Syndrome.- Subclinical Cushing’s Syndrome.- Ectopic Cushing’s Syndrome.- Cushing’s Syndrome in Children and Adolescents.- Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.- Overview of Mineralocorticoid Excess Syndromes.- Primary Aldosteronism: The Surgical Perspective.- Primary Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma.- Virilizing and Feminizing Adrenal Tumors.- Pheochromocytoma.- Extra-adrenal and Malignant Pheochromocytoma.- Pheochromocytoma in MEN-2A, MEN-2B, and von Hippel-Lindau Disease.- Benign Paragangliomas.- Neuroblastoma.- Miscellaneous Adrenal Neoplasms (Cysts, Myelolipoma, Hemangioma, Lymphangioma).- Adrenal Incidentalomas.- Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass (Incidentaloma or Adrenaloma).- Genetic Syndromes Associated with Adrenal Tumors.- Adrenal Tumors and Pregnancy.- Adrenal-Sparing Surgery.- Anesthesia for Adrenal Surgery.- Open Left Anterior Adrenalectomy.- Open Right Anterior Adrenalectomy.- Open Posterior Adrenalectomy.- Right Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Left Anterior Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Laparoscopic Lateral Transabdominal Adrenalectomy.- Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Laparoscopic Partial Adrenalectomy.- Virtual Reality and Robotic Technologies in Adrenal Surgery.

From the reviews: "Plenty of thought has been put into the detail of this work ... . there is a consistency throughout the book and the chapters are well referenced. The operative technique section is particularly well illustrated ... . The chapter on adrenal sparing surgery is both fascinating and thought provoking. ... This is a valuable reference book for endocrinologists, radiologists and endocrine surgeons. It is essential reading for the increasing number of surgeons who are gifted in laparoscopic surgery but ignorant about the subject of endocrine surgery ... ." (D. Scott-Coombes, The Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, Vol. 3 (6), 2005) "An up to date, quite practical but yet comprehensive textbook focused on the field ... . From its preface to subject index, this book is really exciting. In my opinion, the very first author's merit was to approach the problematics of adrenal diseases in a very practical way; Every topic is addressed ... by contributors with a well-established experience in the field. ... Dimitrios Linos and Jon van Heerden stroke a decisive blow with their state-of-the-art textbook on Adrenal surgery. ... endeavour that was well worth their effort." (Etienne Hamoir, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, Vol. 105 (4), 2005) "The various syndromes associated with the adrenal gland are described in great detail and this book brings together a wealth of experience of some extremely rare conditions. There are excellent up-to-date chapters ... . The illustrations are clear and the text valuable. All in all, this is an excellent monograph on the surgery of the adrenal glands and is to be recommended to all who have an interest in the management of the rare conditions associated with them." (Richard Collins, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Vol. 88, 2006)