Utility of fine-needle aspiration cytology and frozen-section examination in the operative management of thyroid nodules

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1084-1090

  Davoudi, Mohammad M ^a   Yeh, Karen A ^a   Wei, John P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DRAINAGE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0030776013     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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