| Literature DB >> 18502336 |
Jessica E Gosnell1, Orlo H Clark.
Abstract
This article includes discussions of the surgical approach to benign and malignant disease and the role of prophylactic thyroidectomy and nodal dissection for medullary thyroid cancer. The controversy regarding the extent of dissection for differentiated thyroid cancer and the role of lymph node dissection are reviewed also. A description of the authors' surgical technique for thyroidectomy is detailed. Finally, several emerging technologies are introduced.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18502336 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2008.02.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am ISSN: 0889-8529 Impact factor: 4.741