Cost effectiveness of intraoperative pathology examination during diagnostic hemithyroidectomy for unilateral follicular thyroid neoplasms

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 702-710

  Zanocco, Kyle ^a   Heller, Michael ^a   Elaraj, Dina ^a   Sturgeon, Cord ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMITHYROIDECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FNA; FROZEN SECTION; FS; INTRAOPERATIVE PATHOLOGY EXAMINATION; IPE; QALY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RLN;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MARKOV CHAINS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84884531455     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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