Current surgical status of thyroid diseases
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Current surgical status of thyroid diseases
Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem for surgeons. The clinical importance of nodules is the need to exclude thyroid cancer, which occurs in 5%-15% of patients. If fine needle aspiration cytology is positive, or suspicious for malignancy, surgery is recommended. During the past decade, with the tendency to develop smaller incisions, an endoscopic approach has been applied to thyroid su...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1178-2390
DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s26349