Frozen section in thyroid surgery: Is it a necessity?

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Cetin, Bahadir ^a,b   Aslan, Sabahattin ^a   Hatiboglu, Celal ^a   Babacan, Bahattin ^a   Onder, Akin ^a   Celik, Alper ^a   Cetin, Abdullah ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCULT CANCER; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 1242307993     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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