title: Contribution of intraoperative pathology evaluation to surgical management of thyroid nodules.
abstract: With adequate experience, needle biopsy findings become as reliable or more so than frozen section diagnoses for surgical planning. Each institution must determine for itself the relative reliability of these two procedures before establishing management policies. Reduction or elimination of useless or redundant frozen section procedures reduces costs as well as anesthesia duration.
authors: Department of Pathology, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Hamburger
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Husain
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery