Distal pancreatectomy with preservation of the spleen and splenic vesselsS Grodski
Monash University Department of Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 71:763-4. 2001
..This article draws attention to the concept of distal pancreatectomy with splenic preservation including the splenic artery and vein...
- Phaeochromocytoma in pregnancy
S Grodski
Department of Surgey, St Vincent s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Intern Med J 36:604-6. 2006
..Medical preparation and treatment of hypertension is essential for safe surgery. Timing of adrenalectomy is either during the second trimester or as a staged procedure after Caesarean section delivery...
Postoperative PTH measurement facilitates day 1 discharge after total thyroidectomySimon Grodski
Endocrine Surgical Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 70:322-5. 2009
..We present our experience with the first 50 patients treated under this new protocol...
- Evidence for the role of perioperative PTH measurement after total thyroidectomy as a predictor of hypocalcemia
Simon Grodski
The Alfred Hospital, Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, Melbourne, Vic, 3144, Australia
World J Surg 32:1367-73. 2008
..Increasingly, the use of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) has been utilized to try to predict those patients at risk of developing post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia...
- Early postoperative PTH levels as a predictor of hypocalcaemia and facilitating safe early discharge after total thyroidectomy
Simon Grodski
Department of Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Unit, St Vincent s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Asian J Surg 30:178-82. 2007
..This study aimed to measure the impact of a management plan based on postoperative PTH on achieving safe early discharge after thyroidectomy...
- Minimally invasive thyroid surgery for diagnostic excision of solitary thyroid nodules
Catharina Ihre Lundgren
Endocrine Surgical Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Asian J Surg 30:250-4. 2007
..Based on our units experience with minimally invasive parathyroidectomy via a lateral incision, a similar technique for minimally invasive thyroid lobectomy has been developed and assessed...
- Diagnostic lobectomy is not routinely required to exclude malignancy in thyroid nodules greater than four centimetres
Mariolyn D Raj
Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
ANZ J Surg 82:73-7. 2012
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- Recurrent laryngeal nerve diameter increases during thyroidectomy
Jonathan W Serpell
Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Ann Surg Oncol 18:1742-7. 2011
..We postulated that this is due to edema and consequent increased diameter of the RLN during thyroidectomy. The aim of this study was to document changes in the diameter of the RLN during surgery...
- The role of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the surgical management of thyroid cancer
Mariolyn D Raj
Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 80:827-30. 2010
..We also examined the effectiveness of using preoperative FNAC results to plan the type of operation for treating thyroid cancer...
- Follicular thyroid cancer: minimally invasive tumours can give rise to metastases
Ee Jun Ban
Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 82:136-9. 2012
..The aim of the present study was to examine cases of metastatic FTC for characteristics that may predict aggressive tumour behaviour...
- Cervical thymectomy for intrathymic parathyroid adenomas during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
Peter Stalberg
Endocrine Surgical Unit, University of Sydney, Australia
Surgery 141:626-9. 2007
..The aim of this paper was to assess the feasibility and outcomes of cervical thymectomy for intrathymic parathyroid adenomas during MIP...
- Routine level VI lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer: surgical technique
Simon Grodski
University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 77:203-8. 2007
..Routine ipsilateral level VI lymph node dissection in addition to total thyroidectomy should be carried out for the management of clinically significant PTC...
- Nonfunctioning parathyroid cancer presenting as a cervical mass
Simon Grodski
University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit, Sydney, Australia
Thyroid 18:473-4. 2008
- Hypothyroidism following hemithyroidectomy: a retrospective review
Shirley Y Su
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Surg 250:991-4. 2009
..To investigate the incidence, time to onset, and risk factors for the development of hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy...
- The motor fibers of the recurrent laryngeal nerve are located in the anterior extralaryngeal branch
Jonathan W Serpell
Endocrine Surgery Unit, Monash University, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Surg 249:648-52. 2009
..This study aimed to establish the prevalence of extralaryngeal bifurcation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and investigate the location of the motor fibers to the intrinsic muscles of the larynx within the branches of the RLN...
- An update on papillary microcarcinoma
Simon Grodski
Monash University Endocrine Surgery Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Curr Opin Oncol 21:1-4. 2009
..There is a worldwide increasing incidence of thyroid cancer, mostly due to the increased diagnosis of papillary microcarcinoma (PMC). This review examines its clinical significance and optimal treatment...
- Hemithyroidectomy: a heuristics perspective
Jonathan W Serpell
Monash University, Endocrine Surgery Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 78:1122-7. 2008
..This paper aims to emphasize these heuristic components of thyroidectomy...
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in thyroid surgery: a review
Nathan James Hayward
Department of Breast, Endocrine and General Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, Prahran, VIC 3181, Australia
ANZ J Surg 83:15-21. 2013
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- Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the preoperative investigation of branchial cysts
Jacqueline Slater
Breast, Endocrine and General Surgical Unit, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 82:42-5. 2012
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- Surgery versus radioiodine therapy as definitive management for graves' disease: the role of patient preference
Simon Grodski
University of Sydney Endocrine Surgical Unit and Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Thyroid 17:157-60. 2007
..Thyroidectomy is an option for the definitive management of Graves' disease. The aim of this study was to examine the role of patient preference for selecting surgery as definitive treatment...
