The ongoing debate in thyroid surgery: Should frozen section analysis be omitted?

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 385-390

  Makay, Ozer ^a   Icoz, Gokhan ^a   Gurcu, Baris ^a   Ertan, Yesim ^a   Tuncyurek, Muge ^a   Akyildiz, Mahir ^a   Yetkin, Enis ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Thyroid cancer; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FROZEN SECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TURKEY;

EID: 34547092187     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-107     Document Type: Article

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