The expanding utility of office-based ultrasound for the head and neck surgeon.
This article presents basics of ultrasound technology for the office, evaluation technique, thyroid and parathyroid imaging, ultrasound for neck lymphatics, office-based head and neck ultrasound biopsy, and therapeutic applications of head and neck ultrasound.
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, University Surgical Associates, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Jeffrey M
JM
Bumpous
Gregory W
GW
Randolph
D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D001706:Biopsy; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012016:Reference Values; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation*