Timing and special concerns regarding endocrine surgery during pregnancy.
Pregnancy may occur in the setting of endocrine diseases or be the first time these diseases manifest clinically. Management of pregnancy in these circumstances is challenging and requires a high degree of vigilance on the part of the treating physicians. The best outcome is achieved by a multidisciplinary approach consisting of endocrinology, obstetrics, anesthesiology, and endocrine surgery.
Sam
Susan
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Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. s-sam@northwestern.edu
Molitch
Mark E
ME
D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D013507:Endocrine Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006929:Hyperaldosteronism / Q000601:surgery*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors