Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Outcomes
Overview
Endocrine Surgery Department
2019
The center’s endocrine surgery service is among the most experienced in the world. Cleveland Clinic often utilizes advanced minimally invasive technology for surgical care of thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, liver, endocrine, and pancreas disorders, including robot-assisted adrenalectomy. The endocrine surgery service increasingly treats patients referred for complex conditions such as reoperative problems, advanced cancers, and hereditary endocrine syndromes.
| Endocrine Surgery | |
|---|---|
| Total patient visits | 6511 |
| New visits | 2102 |
| Patients having thyroid FNA | 608 |
| Total endocrine surgery cases | 1155 |
| Neck cases | 1040 |
| Abdominal cases | 115 |
| Robot-assisted cases (neck or abdominal) | 46 |
FNA = fine needle aspiration, a type of biopsy procedure.
