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- Title
Pictorial ultrasound reports combined with fine needle washout thyroglobulin assay to aid thyroid surgery.
- Authors
Chisholm, Edward J.; Economides, Panayiotis; Elmiyeh, Behrad; Pepper, Christopher; Dwivedi, Raghav; Rhys-Evans, Peter H.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the use of pictorial ultrasound (US) reports and fine needle thyroglobulin assay in assistance to thyroid surgery. It states that US is used for diagnosis and presentation of the thyroid and cervical lymph nodes. It mentions that thyroid surgery is done in patient with thyroid carcinoma. Moreover, the use of thyroglobulin assays from fine needle aspiration (FNA) samples to improve preoperative planning is also discussed.
- Subjects
THYROID gland surgery; THYROID cancer; ULTRASONIC imaging; THYROIDECTOMY; LYMPH nodes; THYROGLOBULIN; NEEDLE biopsy; PREOPERATIVE care
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 2011, Vol 121, Issue 6, p1231
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1002/lary.21765