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Adrenal Surgery
What are the Adrenal Glands
History of the Adrenal Glands
Anatomy of the Adrenal Glands
What do the adrenal glands do
Adrenals - The Cortex
Adrenals - The Medulla
What can go wrong with the Adrenal Glands
Adrenal Insufficiency
What is Adrenal Insufficiency
What causes Adrenal Insufficiency
Symptoms of Adrenal Insufficiency
Diagnosis of Adrenal Insufficiency
How is Adrenal Insufficiency treated
Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's Syndrome)
What is primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's Syndrome)
Causes of primary hyperaldosteronism
Symptoms of Primary Hyperaldosteronism
Diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism
Treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism
Phaeochromocytoma
What is a Phaeochromocytoma
What causes phaeochromocytoma
Symptoms of phaeochromocytomas
Diagnosis of phaeochromocytomas
Treatment of a phaeochromocytomas
Anaesthetic Management
Associated syndromes
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
What is Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
11ß-Hydroxylase Deficiency
17-Hydroxylase Deficiency
3ß-Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
Cushing's Syndrome
What is Cushing's Syndrome
Causes of Cushing's Syndrome
Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome
Diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome
Treatment of Cushing's syndrome
Nelson's syndrome
11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency
Neuroblastoma
What is a neuroblastoma
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Adreno-cortical Carcinoma
What is Adreno-cortical Carcinoma
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Androgen-secreting Tumours
What are Androgen-secreting Tumours
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Incidentalomas
What are incidentalomas
Diagnosis
Treatment
Adrenal Surgery
Bartter's and Gitelman's Syndrome
Adrenal Surgery
Adrenal Surgery
Indications
Types of operation
How are adrenalectomy operations performed
What is transphenoidal surgery
Anaesthetics
Anaesthetics
About anaethesia
Who is the Anaesthetist
Types of Anaesthesia
Preparing for anaesthetic
When will I meet the Anaesthetist
Prepare for the operation
Can I eat or drink before an operation
What about medication
Giving an anaesthetic
How is a patient prepared for anaesthesia
Do any chronic diseases affect Anaesthesia
How do you induce (start) Anaesthesia
How do you maintain Anaesthesia
Anaesthetic complications
Can nausea and vomiting be controlled
What are the rare complications
Anaesthetic requirements of endocrine conditions
Adrenal Insufficiency
Phaeochromocytoma
Thyroid Disorders
Parathyroid Disorders
Carcinoid Syndrome
Gastrinomas
Insulinomas
Glucagonomas and VIPomas
Carcinoid Syndrome
What is carcinoid syndrome
What are carcinoid tumours
Which types of tumour produce carcinoid syndrome
How is carcinoid syndrome diagnosed
Medical treatment of carcinoid syndrome
Surgical treatment of carcinoid syndrome
Diagnostic Tests
A-Z Index
Endocrine System
What is the endocrine system
What is a hormone
What types of hormones are there
Functions of the hormones
How hormones work
Receptors and messengers
Intracellular receptors
Control of hormone release
Humoral stimuli
Hypothalamo-pituitary
What is negative feedback
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenals
Pancreas
Pituitary
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)
Carcinoid Syndrome
Pineal Gland and Melatonin
Osteoporosis
Anaesthetics
Erectile Dysfunction
Miscellaneous
Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile Dysfunction
What is erectile dysfunction
How common is erectile dysfunction
What causes erectile dysfunction
The erection
The Anatomy of the Penis
Blood and Nerve Supply
The Physiology of an Erection
The Neurophysiology of an Erection
Treatment
Sexual Therapy
Intracavernous injection therapy
Transurethral Therapy
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Penile prosthesis
Premature ejaculation
What is premature ejaculation
How common is premature ejaculation
What causes premature ejaculation
Treatment of premature ejaculation
Peyronie's disease
What is Peyronie's disease
Who gets Peyronie's disease
Symptoms of Peyronie's disease
Medical Index
A
A Total Left Hemithyroidectomy
Adrenal Surgery - Introduction
Adrenal Venous Sampling for Aldosterone
Adrenals
Adrenals - The Cortex
Adrenals - The Cortex - Aldosterone
Adrenals - The Cortex - Cortisol
Adrenals - The Cortex - Sex Steroids
Adrenals - The Medulla
Amenorrhoea
Anaesthetics - Introduction
Anatomy of the Adrenal Glands
Anatomy of the Parathyroids
Anatomy of the Pineal Gland
Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland
Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland
Androgen Levels
Angiography
Are there any complications when coming round from Anaesthesia?
Are there any ways of stopping nausea and vomiting when coming round
Arginine Stimulation Test
Arterial Stimulation with Venous Sampling
Associated features in MEN 2b
Autonomic Function Tests
B
Basal Acid Output (BAO)
Bilateral Simultaneous Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling (IPSS) with CRF
Bone Marrow Aspirate
C
C-peptide Suppression Test
Calcium Infusion Test for Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid
Can I eat or drink before an operation?
Can I prepare before the operation?
Can osteoporosis be prevented?
Can primary hyperaldosteronism be treated surgically?
Captopril Test
Carcinoid Syndrome - Introduction
Causes of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Clomiphene Test
Clonidine Suppression Test
Combined Pituitary Function Tests (CPT)
Complications
Consequences of Obesity
Corticotrophin Deficiency
Cortisol Day Curve (Cushing's Syndrome Only)
CRH Test
D
Do any chronic diseases affect Anaesthesia?
E
Endocrine Conditions - Introduction
Endocrine Surgery - the approach
Erectile Dysfunction - Introduction
Exercise Test
Exposure of the pancreas
F
Familial syndromes associated with phaeochromocytomas
Fasting Test
Fine Needle Aspiration of a Thyroid Nodule (FNA)
Finger Size Assessment
G
Gastric Acid Secretion
General Texts
Glucagon Test
Glucose Tolerance Test
Gonadotrophin Deficiency
Gonadotrophin Releasing Hormone GnRH/LHRH Test
H
High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test
History of the Pineal Gland
Hormone Replacement for erectile dysfunction
Hormones in Obesity
How are adrenalectomy operations performed?
How are androgen-secreting tumours treated?
How are drugs used to control Thyrotoxicosis?
How do hormones exert their effect?
How do Thyroid nodules present?
How do you induce (start) Anaesthesia?
How do you treat a Neuroblastoma?
How do you treat a Phaeochromocytoma?
How does Anaplastic Cancer of the Thyroid present?
How does Follicular Cancer of the Thyroid present?
How does one decide which way to treat Thyrotoxicosis?
How does Papillary Cancer of the Thyroid present?
How does Thyroid Lymphoma present?
How does Thyrotoxicosis present?
How is a Glucagonoma diagnosed?
How is a Neuroblastoma diagnosed?
How is a patient prepared for anaesthesia?
How is a phaeochromocytoma diagnosed?
How is a re-exploration of the Thyroid performed
How is a Thyroidectomy performed
How is a traditional parathyroidectomy performed?
How is a VIPoma diagnosed?
How is a VIPoma treated?
How is Acromegaly Diagnosed?
How is Acromegaly Treated?
How is Adrenal Insufficiency treated?
How is Adreno-cortical Carcinoma diagnosed?
How is Adreno-cortical Carcinoma treated?
How is an androgen-secreting tumour diagnosed?
How is an incidental adrenal lesion diagnosed?
How is an Insulinoma diagnosed?
How is carcinoid syndrome diagnosed?
How is Cushing's Disease Diagnosed?
How is Cushing's Disease Treated?
How is Cushing's syndrome diagnosed?
How is Cushing's syndrome treated medically?
How is Diabetes Insipidus Diagnosed?
How is Gastrinoma diagnosed?
How is Gastrinoma treated?
How is Graves' Disease diagnosed?
How is Graves' Disease treated?
How is Hyperprolactinaeamia Diagnosed?
How is Hyperprolactinaemia Treated?
How is Hypopituitarism diagnosed?
How is Hypopituitarism treated?
How is Hypothyroidism treated?
How is osteoporosis diagnosed?
How is osteoporosis treated?
How is Peyronie's disease treated?
How is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) investigated?
How is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) treated?
How is primary hyperparathyroidism diagnosed?
How is primary hyperparathyroidism treated?
How is SIADH Diagnosed?
How is SIADH treated?
How is the diagnosis of a Toxic Multinodular Goitre made?
How is the diagnosis of Adrenal Insufficiency made?
How is the Diagnosis of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas made?
How is the diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism confirmed?
How is the lesion treated?
How is the release of hormones controlled?
How is Thyroid Lymphoma treated?
Hydrocortisone Day Curve (HCDC)
Hydroxycorticosterone (18-OHB) and -cortisol (18-OHF) Tests
Hyperaldosteronism Investigations
Hyperparathyroidism Investigations
I
Introduction to Surgery
Investigating Systemic Mastocytosis
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Adrenal
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Carcinoid
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Cushing's
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Gastrinomas?
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Glucagonomas
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Insulinomas?
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Parathyroid
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Phaeochromocytoma?
Is there any special anaesthetic management for patients with Thyroid
Ischaemic Lactate Test
J
Jet Lag
K
L
M
Measuring Skin-fold Thickness
Medical treatment of carcinoid syndrome
Melatonin - Introduction
MIBG Scan
Miscellaneous - Introduction
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) - Introduction
N
O
Obesity in Children
Octreoscan
Operative Management of Pituitary Tumours
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test for Acromegaly
Oral Medications for erectile dysfunction
Osteoporosis - Introduction
Other Endocrine Conditions
Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test
P
Pancreas - Introduction
Pancreatic Transplantation
Parathyroid
Parathyroid Surgery - Introduction
Parathyroid Surgery - Special Situations
Penile prosthesis
Pentagastrin Test for Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid
Pentolinium Suppression Test
Percutaneous Trans-hepatic Portal Venous Sampling
Peripheral Venous Sampling for Ectopic Sources of ACTH
Petrosal Sinus Sampling
Pituitary - Introduction
Pituitary Gland Radiotherapy
Post Operative Investigation of Thyroid Carcinoma
Posture Studies
Prior to parathyroid surgery what tests must be performed?
Pro-insulin and C-peptide
Prolactin Deficiency
Prolonged Supervised Fast
Q
R
Radioactive Iodine Test
Removal of tumours
S
Screening for Ovulation
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Selenium Cholesterol Scanning for Conn's Tumours
Sexual Therapy
Short Synacthen Test
Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy
Somatotrophin (Growth Hormone) Deficiency
Stimulatory and inhibitory hypothalamic releasing hormones
Surgery of the Pancreas
Surgical treatment of carcinoid syndrome
Symptoms and treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) in MEN 2b
Symptoms and treatment of Pancreatic tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of Parathyroid tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of Parathyroid tumours in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Phaeochromocytoma in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Phaeochromocytoma in MEN 2b
Symptoms and treatment of Pituitary tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms of Peyronie's disease
T
Technetium Scan
Tests done prior to surgery
The aims of surgery
The Anatomy of the Pancreas
The Anatomy of the Penis
The Blood and Nerve Supply of the Penis
The Connection between the Pituitary and Hypothalamus?
The History of the Adrenal Glands
The history of the Pancreas
The History of the Parathyroids
The History of the Pituitary Gland
The History of the Thyroid Gland
The Hypothalamo-adenohypophysial System
The Medieval Goitre
The Neurohypophysial System
The Neurophysiology of an Erection
The Physiology of an Erection
Therapeutic Trial of ddAVP
Thyroid
Thyroid and Parathyroid Texts
Thyroid Gland and the Voice
Thyroid Surgery - introduction
Thyrotrophin (TSH) Deficiency
Thyrotrophin Releasing Hormone (TRH) Test
Tolbutamide Test
Trans-sphenoidal approach
Transcranial approach
Transethmoidal approach
Transurethral Therapy
Treatment of Peyronie's disease
Treatment of premature ejaculation
U
Ultrasound
V
Vacuum devices
W
Water Deprivation Test
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What are androgen-secreting Tumours?
What are carcinoid tumours
What are cell surface receptors and second messenger systems?
What are Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas?
What are Hot and Cold Thyroid nodules?
What are humoral stimuli?
What are incidentalomas?
What are intracellular receptors?
What are neural stimuli?
What are Pancreatic Carcinoid tumours?
What are Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes (PGS)?
What are the Causes of Acromegaly?
What are the causes of amenorrhoea?
What are the causes of Cushing's Syndrome?
What are the Causes of Diabetes Insipidus?
What are the Causes of Hyperprolactinaemia?
What are the causes of Hypopituitarism?
What are the Causes of Obesity in Childhood?
What are the causes of primary hyperaldosteronism?
What are the Causes of SIADH?
What are the clinical features of osteoporosis?
What are the clinical features of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)?
What are the clinical features of Thyroid Cancer?
What are the complications of Thyroid Surgery
What are the features of a VIPoma?
What are the functions of the different types of hormone?
What are the functions of the different types of hormone?
What are the possible complications of parathyroid surgery?
What are the principles of treatment of Papillary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What are the signs and symptoms of Primary Hyperaldosteronism?
What are the symptoms and signs of Graves' Disease?
What are the symptoms and signs of Hypothyroidism?
What are the symptoms and treatment of MEN 1?
What are the symptoms and treatment of MEN 2a?
What are the symptoms and treatment of MEN 2b?
What are the symptoms of a Neuroblastoma?
What are the symptoms of a Toxic Multinodular Goitre?
What are the Symptoms of Acromegaly?
What are the symptoms of Adrenal Insufficiency?
What are the symptoms of Adreno-cortical Carcinoma?
What are the symptoms of androgen-secreting tumours?
What are the Symptoms of Cushing's Disease?
What are the symptoms of Cushing's syndrome?
What are the Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus?
What are the symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus?
What are the symptoms of Gastrinoma?
What are the symptoms of Glucagonoma?
What are the Symptoms of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas?
What are the symptoms of hyperparathyroidism?
What are the Symptoms of Hyperprolactinaemia?
What are the symptoms of hypoparathyroidism?
What are the Symptoms of Hypopituitarism?
What are the symptoms of Insulinoma?
What are the symptoms of phaeochromocytomas?
What are the Symptoms of SIADH?
What can go wrong with the Adrenal Glands?
What can go wrong with the Pancreas?
What can go wrong with the Parathyroids?
What can go wrong with the Pituitary Gland?
What can go wrong with the Thyroid gland?
What causes Adrenal Insufficiency?
What causes erectile dysfunction?
What causes Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia?
What causes osteoporosis?
What causes phaeochromocytoma?
What causes Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)?
What causes premature ejaculation?
What causes Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)?
What different types of Thyroid Surgery are there
What do I bring to Hospital?
What do the adrenal glands do?
What do the Parathyroids do?
What does melatonin do?
What does parathyroidectomy (removal of the parathyroid tissue) involve?
What does the Adenohypophysis do?
What does the Neurohypophysis do?
What does the pineal gland do
What does the Thyroid Gland do?
What does Thyroid surgery involve
What Equipment is used in Anaesthesia?
What happens after surgery for Medullary Thyroid Cancer?
What investigations take place prior to surgery for Medullary Cancer?
What is 11B-Hydroxylase Deficiency?
What is 11B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency?
What is 17-Hydroxylase Deficiency?
What is 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency?
What is 3B-Dehydrogenase Deficiency?
What is a Calcitoninoma?
What is a GHRH-Secreting Tumour (GHRHoma)?
What is a Glucagonoma?
What is a Goitre?
What is a Graves' Disease?
What is a hormone?
What is a Hurthle Cell Tumour of the Thyroid?
What is a neuroblastoma?
What is a Neurotensinoma?
What is a parathyroid crisis?
What is a Phaeochromocytoma?
What is a PPoma?
What is a PTHrP-Secreting Tumour?
What is a Retrosternal (sub-sternal) Goitre?
What is a simple (non-toxic) Goitre?
What is a Somatostatinoma?
What is a Thyroid nodule?
What is a Toxic Multinodular Goitre?
What is a VIPoma?
What is Acromegaly?
What is Adrenal Insufficiency?
What is Adrenocortical Carcinoma?
What is an Gastrinoma?
What is an Insulinoma?
What is Anaesthesia?
What is Anaplastic Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is Bartter's Syndrome?
What is bone made up of
What is bone remodelling?
What is carcinoid syndrome?
What is Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia?
What is Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia?
What is Congenital thyrotoxicosis?
What is Cushing's Disease?
What is Cushing's Syndrome?
What is Diabetes Insipidus?
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
What is erectile dysfunction?
What is familial hyperparathyroidism?
What is family screening in MEN?
What is Follicular Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis?
What is Hyperparathyroidism?
What is Hyperprolactinaemia?
What is hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia?
What is Hypopituitarism?
What is Hypothyroidism (Myxoedema)?
What is Kearns-Sayre syndrome?
What is Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is Melatonin?
What is Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)?
What is Myxoedema Coma?
What is negative feedback?
What is Nelson's syndrome?
What is Nelson's syndrome?
What is osteoporosis?
What is Papillary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is Plummer's Disease?
What is POEMS syndrome?
What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)?
What is Postpartum Thyroiditis?
What is premature ejaculation?
What is primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's Syndrome)?
What is Primary hyperparathyroidism?
What is Radiation Thyroiditis?
What is Reidel's Thyroiditis?
What is Secondary hyperparathyroidism?
What is Silent Thyroiditis?
What is Sporadic Medullary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is Subacute (Nonsuppurative or 'de Quervain's') Thyroiditis?
What is Suppurative Thyroiditis?
What is Tertiary hyperparathyroidism?
What is the endocrine system?
What is the hypothalamo-pituitary axis?
What is the management of a Thyroid nodule?
What is the management of mild TED?
What is the management of severe TED?
What is the role of drug treatment in Follicular Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the role of drug treatment in Papillary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the role of Radioactive Iodine and External Beam Therapy in Follicular Cancer of
What is the role of Radioactive Iodine and External Beam Therapy in Papillary Cancer of
What is the role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in Anaplastic Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the role of surgery in Anaplastic Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the role of surgery in Follicular Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the role of surgery in Papillary Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the Special Anaesthetic Management for patients with Phaeochromocytoma?
What is the structure of a typical bone?
What is the Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)?
What is the treatment of Follicular Cancer of the Thyroid?
What is the Treatment of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas?
What is the treatment of Insulinoma?
What is Thyroid Eye Disease (TED)?
What is Thyroid Lymphoma?
What is Thyroiditis?
What is Thyrotoxicosis?
What is transphenoidal surgery?
What is Wolfram syndrome?
What may the surgeon find when doing a parathyroid exploration?
What preparation is needed for parathyroid surgery?
What problems occur with TED?
What rare complications can occur during Anaesthesia?
What should I do about any medication that I am taking?
What tests are performed in patients with TED?
What tests may be performed prior to Thyroid Surgery
What type of operations can be performed?
What types of Anaesthesia are there?
What types of Gastrinoma are there?
What types of hormones are there?
What types of operation are there?
What types of Thyroid Cancer are there?
When is adrenal surgery considered?
When is Radioactive Iodine used to treat Thyrotoxicosis?
When is surgery used to treat Thyrotoxicosis?
When should a child be referred to a paediatrician?
Which types of tumour produce carcinoid syndrome
Who gets Diabetes Mellitus and what are the causes?
Who gets osteoporosis?
Who gets Peyronie's disease?
Who is the Anaesthetist?
Why does Thyroid Cancer occur?
Why is calcium regulation important?
X
Y
Z
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Disorders of ovulation
Amenorrhoea
What is amenorrhoea
Causes of amenorrhoea
How are Ovulatory disorders investigated
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
What is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
What causes Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Clinical features of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
How is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) investigated
How is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) treated
Obesity
Obesity in Children
Obesity in Children
What Causes of Obesity in Childhood
Consequences of Obesity
When should a child be referred
Hormones in Obesity
How do Hormones in Obesity work
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) - Introduction
What causes Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)
Symptoms and treatment of MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of Parathyroid tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of Pancreatic tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of Pituitary tumours in MEN 1
Symptoms and treatment of MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Phaeochromocytoma in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of Parathyroid tumours in MEN 2a
Symptoms and treatment of MEN 2b
Symptoms and treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) in MEN 2b
Symptoms and treatment of Phaeochromocytoma in MEN 2b
Associated features in MEN 2b
Family screening in MEN
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
Background to bone structure
Typical bone structure
What is bone remodelling
What is osteoporosis
Who gets osteoporosis
Clinical features of osteoporosis
What causes osteoporosis
How is osteoporosis diagnosed
How is osteoporosis treated
Can osteoporosis be prevented
Pancreas
Pancreas
What is the pancreas
History of the pancreas
Anatomy of the Pancreas
What can go wrong with the pancreas
Diabetes Mellitus
What is Diabetes Mellitus
What causes Diabetes Mellitus
Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus
How is Diabetes Mellitus diagnosed
Insulinomas
What is an Insulinoma
Symptoms of Insulinoma
How is an Insulinoma diagnosed
What is the treatment of Insulinoma
Gastrinoma
What is an Gastrinoma
Types of Gastrinoma
Symptoms of Gastrinoma
How is Gastrinoma diagnosed
How is Gastrinoma treated
Glucagonoma
What is a Glucagonoma
Symptoms of Glucagonoma
How is a Glucagonoma diagnosed
How are Glucagonomas treated
Somatostatinoma
What is a Somatostatinoma
VIPoma
What is a VIPoma
Features of a VIPoma
How is a VIPoma diagnosed
How is a VIPoma treated
Pancreatic Carcinoid tumours
Other rare tumours
Rare syndromes involving the pancreas
Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes (PGS)
POEMS syndrome
Wolfram syndrome
Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Pancreas surgery
Surgery of the Pancreas
Exposure of the pancreas
Removal of tumours
Pancreatic Transplantation
Parathyroid
What are the parathyroid glands
Anatomy
What do the parathyroids do
Importance of calcium regulation
What can go wrong with the parathyroids
Hyperparathyroidism
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Parathyroid crisis
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
Familial hyperparathyroidism
Hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia
Symptoms
Treatment
Parathyroid surgery
Parathyroid Surgery
Parathyroid surgery
Indications
Preoperative assessment
Pre-op preparation
What surgery involves
What may be found
Complications
Surgery details
Special situations
Pineal Gland/Melatonin
Melatonin - Introduction
What is the Pineal Gland
Anatomy of the Pineal Gland
What does the pineal gland do
What is Melatonin
What does melatonin do
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Jet Lag
Pituitary
Pituitary
What is the pituitary gland
History of the pituitary gland
Anatomy of the Pituitary Gland
Hypothalamo-pituitary axis
Hypothalamo-adenohypophysial axis
What does the Neurohypophysis do
Neurohypophysial System
What does the Adenohypophysis do
What can go wrong with the Pituitary Gland
Hypopituitarism
What is Hypopituitarism
Causes of Hypopituitarism
Symptoms of Hypopituitarism
How is Hypopituitarism diagnosed
How is Hypopituitarism treated
Prolactin Deficiency
Corticotrophin Deficiency
Gonadotrophin Deficiency
Somatotrophin Deficiency
Thyrotrophin Deficiency
Hyperprolactinaemia
What is Hyperprolactinaemia
Causes of Hyperprolactinaemia
Symptoms of Hyperprolactinaemia
How is Hyperprolactinaeamia Diagnosed
How is Hyperprolactinaemia Treated
Acromegaly
What is Acromegaly
Causes of Acromegaly
Symptoms of Acromegaly
How is Acromegaly Diagnosed
How is Acromegaly Treated
Cushing's Disease
What is Cushing's Disease
Symptoms of Cushing's Disease
Diagnosis of Cushing's Disease
How is Cushing's Disease Treated
What is Nelson's syndrome
Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
What are Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Causes of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Symptoms of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Diagnosis of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Treatment of Gonadotrophinomas & TSHomas
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)
What is the Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH)
Causes of SIADH
Symptoms of SIADH
How is SIADH Diagnosed
How is SIADH treated
Diabetes Insipidus
What is Diabetes Insipidus
Causes of Diabetes Insipidus
Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus
How is Diabetes Insipidus Diagnosed
How is Diabetes Insipidus Treated
Surgery
Introduction to Surgery
Indications for surgery
Tests done prior to surgery
What types of operation
Transcranial approach
Trans-sphenoidal approach
Transethmoidal approach
Complications
Pituitary Gland Radiotherapy
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Thyroid Surgery
What is the thyroid?
Anatomy
What does it do
What can go wrong with the thyroid
What is a goitre
Simple goitre
Sub-sternal goitres
Thyroid nodules
Presentation
Management
Hot and cold nodules
Thyrotoxicosis
Symptoms and diagnosis
Principles of treatment
Drug treatment
Radioactive iodine
Surgery
Graves' disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Thyroid eye disease (TED)
Causes of TED
What problems occur
Tests performed
Managing mild TED
Managing severe TED
Toxic multinodular goitre
Symptoms
Diagnosis and treatment
Plummer's disease
Congenital and maternal thyrotoxicosis
Hypothyroidism (myxoedema)
Symptoms
Treatment
Myxoedema coma
Thyroid cancer
Thyroiditis
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Suppurative thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis
Reidel's thyroiditis
Postpartum thyroiditis
Silent thyroiditis
Radiation thyroiditis
Thyroid surgery
Thyroid and the voice
Thyroid Cancer
Why does Thyroid Cancer occur
Types of Thyroid Cancer
Symptoms and prognosis of Thyroid cancer
Papillary Cancer
Presentation
Principles of treatment
Surgery
Radioiodine and radiotherapy
Drug therapy
Follicular Cancer
Presentation
Principles of treatment
Surgery
Radioiodine and radiotherapy
Drug therapy
Hurthle Cell Tumour
Medullary Cancer
Sporadic and familial forms
Surgery
Post-surgical treatment
Anaplastic Cancer
Presentation
Surgery
Radioiodine and chemotherapy
Lymphoma
Presentation
Thyroid Surgery
Thyroid surgery
Preoperative assessment
What thyroid surgery involves
Types of thyroid surgery
Details of thyroid surgery
A Total Left Hemithyroidectomy
Re-exploration of the thyroid
Complications of thyroid surgery
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