title: Treatment decisions in thyroid surgery based upon ultrasonography.
abstract: Between 1991 and 1994, 600 thyroidectomies were performed at the Beilinson Medical Center in Israel, 120 of which were due to malignancies. Routine preoperative and follow-up ultrasound examinations were performed in 100 cases. A prospective study comparing preoperative ultrasonic and operative findings revealed that ultrasound offered significant preoperative information that could alter operative decisions. Ultrasound also proved to be a valuable tool in follow-up. Based on ultrasound findings, patients were salvaged at an early stage of recurrent disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lubin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olsha
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feinmesser
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional