The utility of routine frozen section examination for intraoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-661

  McHenry, Christopher R ^a,c   Raeburn, Christopher ^a   Strickland, Theodore ^a   Marty, Jerry J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FROZEN SECTION; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CYST; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030442907     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00302-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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