Randomized prospective evaluation of frozen-section analysis for follicular neoplasms of the thyroid

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 233, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 716-722

  Udelsman, Robert ^a,b   Westra, William H ^a   Donovan, Patricia I ^a   Sohn, Taylor A ^a   Cameron, John L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035033683     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200105000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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