Follicular and hurthle cell thyroid neoplasms: Is frozen-section evaluation worthwhile?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 674-680

  Paphavasit, Amnart ^a   Thompson, Geoffrey B ^a   Hay, Jan D ^a   Grant, Clive S ^a   Van Heerden, Jon A ^a   Ilstrup, Duane M ^a   Schleck, Cathy ^a   Goellner, John R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030920532     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430300116022     Document Type: Article

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