Minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma: Completion thyroidectomy or not?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 844-845

  Delbridge, Leigh ^a   Parkyn, Robert ^b   Philips, Jeannette ^a   Barraclough, Bruce ^a   Robinson, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036434768     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02556.x     Document Type: Review

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