Endocrinology & Disorders

Endocrine surgery

Endocrine surgery refers to surgery performed over Endocrine glands. It is a specialized branch of surgery that focuses on treatment of endocrine diseases. Some of the major endocrine diseases are thyroid cancer, grave’s disease, pancreatic cancer, etc. The endocrine glands secrete hormones that are very essential for our growth, metabolism, development and many such essential functions. Human body has eight endocrine glands. Though surgeries take place for all the eight a majority of the surgeries usually happen for the thyroid, parathyroid, adrenaline glands and pancreas. The surgery process of each of these glands is quite different from the others. This is primarily due to the fact that all these glands are located in very different areas of the body. Since hormonal imbalance can lead to very severe problems and hence endocrine surgeries are very vital for saving a person’s life. Mostly the surgeries involve removal of tumors or partial or complete removal of the glands. The risk involved in the surgery varies according to which glands surgery is being done.