American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 408-414 , November 2007

Contemporary parathyroidectomy: exploiting technology

Presented in part as a miniseminar at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2005, in Los Angeles, Calif.

  • David J. Terris, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-4060, USA. Tel.: +1 706 721 6100; fax: +1 706 721 0112.
    • Has directed several courses on thyroid surgery that were sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery.
    • ,
  • Brendan C. Stack Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
    • ,
  • Christine G. Gourin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

Received 5 September 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00262-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.10.013

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 408-414 , November 2007

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