Initial report of the results of percutaneous laser ablation of benign cold thyroid nodules: Evaluation of histopathological changes after 2 years

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Cakir, Bekir ^a   Ugras, Nevzat Serdar ^a   Gul, Kamile ^a   Ersoy, Reyhan ^a   Korukluoglu, Birol ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Nodule; Percutaneous laser ablation; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; ISTHMECTOMY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LASER SURGERY; LOBECTOMY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 70449702329     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9081-3     Document Type: Article

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