Surgical therapeutic planning options in nodular goiter

Minerva Endocrinologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-185

  Pelizzo, M R ^a   Merante Boschin, I ^a   Toniato, A ^a   Sorgato, N ^a   Marzola, M C ^b   Rubello, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goiter, nodular; Thyroid gland; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IODINE; IODINE 131; LEVOTHYROXINE; PLACEBO; TETRACYCLINE;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTONOMOUS FUNCTIONING THYROID NODULE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG COST; DYSPHONIA; FIBROSIS; FROZEN SECTION; HEMATOMA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERPIRESSIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER COAGULATION; LYMPHOID THYROIDITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE VIDEO ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY; MULTINODULAR GOITER; NODULAR GOITER; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNINODULAR GOITER;

GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 78751607131     PISSN: 03911977     EISSN: 18271634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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