[Is hemithyroidectomy as standard intervention of suspicious puncture cytology justified?].
Since 1989, the operative treatment of 65 patients with suspicious fine-needle aspiration cytology of solitary thyroid nodules has been decided on individual clinical criteria such as the patient's history and morphology of the remaining thyroid tissue. Finally, 9 carcinomas were seen amongst 37 hemithyroidectomy specimens, out of 28 resected thyroid glands 2 were papillary microcarcinomas, whereas the others were benign specimens up until now. Despite a comparatively low perioperative morbidity of the hemithyroidectomy, we see thyroid resections justified in cases of suspicious cytology.
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Abteilung für Allgemeine Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum, Essen.
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Schmidt
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Hörmann
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Eigler
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D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016606:Thyroid Nodule / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy
Ist die Hemithyreoidektomie als Standardeingriff bei suspekter Punktionszytologie gerechtfertigt?