Is routine frozen section necessary for parathyroid surgery?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 857-862

  Dewan, Anil K ^a   Kapadia, Silloo B ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOLOGIST; SURGEON;

BIOPSY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29144452034     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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