Difficult Decisions in Endocrine Surgery

<div>Evidence-based Medicine and the GRADE Approach.-&nbsp;Clinical Decision Analysis.-&nbsp;Decision Making from the Surgeon’s Perspective.-&nbsp;Decision Making from the Patient’s Perspective.-&nbsp;Surgery Versus Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.-&nbsp;Prospective Screening Protocol for FNMTC Family Members: Ultrasound Versus Physical Examination.-&nbsp;Operative Management Versus Observation for Thyroid Nodules Larger than 4 cm with Benign Cytology.-&nbsp;Lobectomy Versus Total Thyroidectomy for Follicular Microcarcinomas.-&nbsp;Initial Total Thyroidectomy Versus Lobectomy with Intraoperative Frozen Section for Thyroid Nodules that are “Suspicious for PTC”.-&nbsp;Primary Repair Versus No Repair for Transected Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.-&nbsp;Surgery Versus Observation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.-&nbsp;First-line Therapy for Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Operation Versus Medical Management.-&nbsp;Same-Day Versus Overnight Inpatient Surgery for Total Thyroidectomy.-&nbsp;Prophylactic Versus Selective Central Neck Dissection in Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer.-&nbsp;Subtotal Parathyroidectomy Versus Total Parathyroidectomy with Autotransplantation for Patients with MEN-1 and Primary Hyperparathyroidism.-&nbsp;Four-Gland Exploration versus 4D Computed Tomography in Patients with Nonlocalized Primary Hyperparathyroidism.-&nbsp;Lymph Node Dissection Versus No Lymph Node Dissection for Parathyroid Cancer.-&nbsp;Early Versus Late Parathyroidectomy for Tertiary (Posttransplant) Hyperparathyroidism.-&nbsp;Observation Versus Surgery for Pregnant Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism.- Four-gland Exploration Versus Focused Parathyroidectomy for Hyperparathyroidism Jaw Tumor Syndrome.-&nbsp;Long-Term Success of Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Versus Four-Gland Exploration.-&nbsp;The Evidence For and Against Parathyroid Cryopreservation: Should We Continue to Promote Parathyroid Cryopreservation?.-&nbsp;Should Antibiotic Prophylaxis Be Given Prior to Thyroidectomy or Parathyroidectomy?.-&nbsp;The Value of Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Monitoring in Primary Hyperparathyroidism Cases that are Localized.-&nbsp;Transperitoneal Versus Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.-&nbsp;Bilateral Adrenalectomy Versus Medical Management for Cushing’s Syndrome with Bilateral Adrenal Hyperplasia.-&nbsp;Routine Screening for Primary Hyperaldosteronism in Hypertensive Patients: Yes or No?.-&nbsp;Routine Glucose Monitoring in Postoperative Pheochromocytoma Patients: Yes or No?.-&nbsp;Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Management of Malignant Pheochromocytoma.-&nbsp;&nbsp;Alpha Blocker Versus Calcium Channel Blocker for Pheochromocytoma.-&nbsp;Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma.-&nbsp;Resection Versus Observation for Adrenal Gland Metastasis.-&nbsp;Routine Versus Selective Adrenal Vein Sampling for Primary Aldosteronism.-&nbsp;Surgery Versus Observationfor Asymptomatic Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.-&nbsp;Routine Lymph Node Dissection Versus Duodenal Inspection Alone for the Treatment of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Patients with Hypergastrinemia.-&nbsp;Resection Versus Chemotherapy for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.-&nbsp;Observation Versus Surgery for Nonlocalized Insulinoma.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>