Does frozen section have a role in the intraoperative management of thyroid nodules?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 570-572

  Cheng, Michael S P ^a,b   Morgan, Joanna L ^a   Serpell, Jonathan W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytology; Frozen section; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036041020     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02474.x     Document Type: Article

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