Endocrine Surgery
Endocrinology is the study of the endocrine glands of the body. These glands consist of special function pockets of tissue in the body that secrete hormones. The purpose to secrete hormones is to locate specific responses in other cells of the body, which are located far away. These hormones are secreted into the body's blood stream, which gives an access to all other cells of the body.
Endocrine surgery is the division of surgery which specializes in the surgical treatment of endocrine diseases. The surgeons of Chestnut Hill Surgical Associates at Chestnut Hill Hospital work closely with endocrinologists and medical oncologists to provide most advantageous care to patients afflicted with endocrine disorders. The surgeons of Chestnut Hill Surgical Associates at Chestnut Hill Hospital also work closely with University of Pennsylvania Radiation Oncology at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Through these partnerships, patients have access to a wide range of specialists and a large network of support services. Here at Chestnut Hill Surgical Associates at Chestnut Hill Hospital, minimally invasive techniques are used in most endocrine surgeries today offered at the Chestnut Hill Hospital campus.
The surgeons specialize in the management of the following benign and malignant diseases of the endocrine glands as follows:
- Thyroid
- Thyroid nodules
- Thyroid cancer
- Graves' disease
- Thyroiditis
- Parathyroid
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Renal hyperparathyroidism
- Persistent hyperparathyroidism
- Parathyroid cancer
- Adrenal
- Pheochromocytoma
- Aldosteronoma
- Cushing's syndrome
- Incidental adrenal masses
- Pancreas
- Islet cell tumors of the tail and body of the pancreas