Is fine-needle aspiration cytology for thyroid nodules a routine and safe procedure? A series of emergency cervicotomies following FNAC

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 873-876

  Donatini, Gianluca ^a,b   Masoni, Tiziano ^a  

^a City Hospital Massa   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airways obstruction; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Neck hematoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; EMERGENCY CERVICOTOMY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INFERIOR THYROID VEIN TEAR; ISTHMECTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; NECK; NECK HEMATOMA; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NECK SWELLING; NECK VASCULAR BUNDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; VEIN INJURY;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; NECK; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149412532     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0683-5     Document Type: Article

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