Preoperative evaluation and predictive value of fine-needle aspiration and frozen section of thyroid nodules

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-502

  Boyd, Loretta A ^a   Earnhardt, Richard C ^a   Dunn, John T ^a   Frierson, Henry F ^a   Hanks, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031766305     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00221-X     Document Type: Article

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