دانلود کتاب 50 مقاله برجسته که هر جراح تیروئید و پاراتیروئید باید بداند

Recently, it was estimated that between 2016 and 2019 there were, on average, 367 surgical papers published daily, which is equivalent to approximately one paper every 4 minutes.¹ This exponential growth in the literature has occurred across all surgical specialties. Identifying the key papers that have had the greatest impact on the practice of thyroid and parathyroid surgeons represents a particular challenge. Not only do thyroid and parathyroid surgeons come from diverse specialty (general surgery and otolaryngology) and subspecialty (endocrine surgery, surgical oncology, head and neck surgery) backgrounds, practice in varied clinical settings, and treat a broad spectrum of disease, but the management of their patients is often complex and is usually multidisciplinary.

Awareness of the published papers that are most important to thyroid and parathyroid surgical practice in terms of their impact on patient management is critical. Nothing replaces an intimate knowledge of neck surgical anatomy, sound clinical judgment, training, experience, and meticulous surgical technique, but there are many exciting recent developments that have revolutionized the way thyroid and parathyroid operations are performed and also how the underlying diseases are managed. Employment of vessel sealing devices, intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement, and utilization of recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring technology are all examples of changes that have impacted current surgical practice. New approaches and developments continue to emerge, including parathyroid autofluorescence, remote access thyroidectomy, and robotic thyroidectomy, all of which show promise in continuing to transform the field.

The intention of the “50 Landmark Papers” series is to serve as a valuable resource by assisting busy clinicians, surgical trainees, and other healthcare professionals with identifying and interpreting the important literature in a specific surgical specialty or subspecialty. The aim of this book is to give surgeons and other healthcare professionals an expert overview of the landmark papers in thyroid and parathyroid surgical practice and a review of their underlying evidence. It will assist the practicing surgeon in “wading through” the expanding thyroid and parathyroid literature to find the “diamonds in the rough” or “landmark papers”. We also believe this book will be especially helpful for trainees in preparing for their final surgical specialty or subspecialty certification examinations and healthcare professionals wanting to learn more about thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

Perhaps the most challenging part of putting this book together was determining what constituted a “landmark paper.” To accomplish this we first created a comprehensive list of 50 topics of interest to thyroid and parathyroid surgeons for inclusion in the book by review of the current literature, specialty and subspecialty texts, and expert opinion. Then we identified a diverse group of recognized experts in the field, who came from centers throughout the world and were willing to contribute chapters to the book. Remarkably, the 50 chapters in this book have a total of 101 authors from 64 centers located in 16 different countries. Specific topics were then assigned to each chapter author, who was then tasked with identifying its landmark paper. While ultimately landmark paper selection was subjective, some general guiding principles were applied. These included favoring more recent papers (those published since 2000); considering total and/or annual paper citations; avoiding review articles, editorials, commentaries, and most guidelines; excluding papers not published in English or in peer-reviewed journals; avoiding retracted or duplicate papers; and preferring papers relevant to current clinical practice, those referenced by national guidelines, and those that provide a high scientific level of evidence. Once chosen by the chapter authors, with input from the editors and feedback from other chapter authors (who were made aware of all landmark paper selections but blinded to the identity of the chapter authors), the landmark paper selection was finalized. To limit bias, the editors discouraged chapter authors from selecting landmark papers that they had authored themselves except in exceptional circumstances. In the end a wide variety of types of landmark papers were chosen that we consider best addressed the key topics covered in the book. Remarkably, and to their credit, all the invited authors completed their assigned chapters, and none defaulted.