Completion thyroidectomy of well-differentiated thyroid cancer - a prospective, miserandomised study.

CONCLUSIONS: The intraoperative use of a hand-held gamma detector can help to improve the radicality of a completion thyroidectomy procedure after an incomplete primary thyroid resection, but the results of this procedure in the hands of an experienced surgeon are comparable whether or not the gamma detector is used. (Endokrynol Pol 2013; 64 (5): 335-339). PMID: 24186588 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Endokrynologia Polska - November 6, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Proczko M, Stefaniak T, Sworczak K, Kobiela J, Lachiński AJ, Stepaniak P, Sledziński Z Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research