Endocrine Surgery Conditions

The Endocrine Surgery Program at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin, has been providing nationally recognized care and innovative services to its patients for more than a decade.

Our surgeons have performed thousands of endocrine operations over the past decade. In a long tradition of groundbreaking efforts, our surgeons were the first in the state of Wisconsin to use minimally-invasive techniques in endocrine operations to treat the following conditions.

Parathyroid and Thyroid Conditions

• Hyperparathyroidism
  • Hyperparathyroidism Overview
  • Treating Hyperparathyroidism
  • Parathyroid Surgery
    • Preparing for Parathyroid Surgery
    • Anesthesia during Surgery
    • Parathyroid Surgery

• Thyroid Cancer

Adrenal Conditions

• Conn's Syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism)
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Pheochromocytoma

GI Neuroendocrine Conditions

• Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors (GI NET)
  • Appendiceal carcinoid tumors
  • Non-functional islet cell tumors  
  • Carcinoid tumors
  • Pancreatic polypeptide-secreting tumor (Ppoma) 
  • Colonic carcinoid tumors
  • Pulmonary carcinoid tumors
  • Gastric carcinoid tumors
  • Rectal carcinoid tumors 
  • Gastrinoma (Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome)
  • Small intestinal carcinoid tumors
  • Glucagonoma
  • Somatostatinoma  
  • Insulinoma
  • Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide-Secreting Tumor (VIPoma)