RT Book, Section
A1 Kazure, Hadiza
A1 Lin, Dana
A2 Mazer, Laura M.
A2 Lagisetty, Kiran
A2 Butler, Kathryn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1191194162
T1 Endocrine Surgery
T2 Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259587580
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191194162
RD 2024/04/24
AB Prior  to  the  late  1800’s,  the  function  of  endocrine  glands  was  unknown.  Surgeons  excised  the  thyroid  gland  for  severe  goiters,  but  operative  mortality  was  over  40%  due  to  massive  hemorrhage.1  Outcomes  for  patients  who  survived  the  operation  were  ambiguous,  but  as  neither  antisepsis  nor  the  existence  of  parathyroid  glands  was  recognized,  it  was  unclear  whether  postoperative  mortality  reflected  infection  or  organ  failure.2