Overview
- This book will identify specific characteristics relative to the question using PICO formatting (population, intervention, comparator, and outcome) that is summarized in a table near the beginning of each chapter
- The authors will include a summary of available published evidence in text and possibly tabular form
- The chapters will also include a recommendation, rated as to its strength using GRADE format, as to what course of action is most reasonable based on the available evidence
- Identifies specific characteristics relative to the questions posed using PICO formatting (population, intervention, comparator, and outcome)
- Features concise chapters focused on one or two specific questions, or decision, in endocrine surgery that are difficult or controversial
- Provides recommendations on potential actions using a Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) format of available evidence
Part of the book series: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach (DDSURGERY)
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About this book
Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach features a wealth of information on ideal approaches for making clinical decisions in selected clinical situations. It is an important and timely resource for all endocrine surgical trainees, fellows, practitioners, educators, and healthcare providers involved in the management of these patients.
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About the editors
Dr. Raymon H. Grogan is a nationally respected board certified surgeon practising in Houston, Texas with a particular interest in Endocrine Surgery. He is the co-author of several national guidelines on endocrine surgery. He is also a pioneer of several novel techniques for operating on the thyroid and parathyroid and is one of only a handful of specialists on Transoral Endocrine Surgery in the USA. In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious Paul LoGerfo Research Grant from the American Association of Endocrine Surgeonsto study the relationship between the human microbiome and thyroid disease.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery
Book Subtitle: An Evidence-Based Approach
Editors: Peter Angelos, Raymon H. Grogan
Series Title: Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92860-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92858-6Published: 18 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06535-5Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92860-9Published: 04 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7750
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7769
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 483
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgery, Oncology, Endocrinology