title: [Organ-salvaging surgeries for highly differentiated thyroid cancer in children].
abstract: Retrospective analysis of results of organpreserving operations for the thyroid gland cancer (TGC) in 55 children and juveniles for 1981-1997 yrs period was done. The informativity of preoperative cytological (96.4%) and intraoperative express--histological (95.6%) investigations was determined. In cases of the cytological and express--histological diagnosis complexities the possibility of organpreserving intervention of hemithyroidectomy with the isthmus extirpation was noted. Primary thyroidectomy is operation of choice in the established diagnosis of TGC.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*