Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 6, Number 1, March 2016, pages 1-5

Intraoperative Frozen Section May Reduce the Need for Reoperative Thyroid Surgery in Patients with Follicular Neoplasm

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Patients with a preoperative fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of follicular neoplasm or follicular lesion and their intraoperative frozen section (FS) diagnosis and final pathology. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma. FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Patients with a preoperative fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of follicular neoplasm or follicular lesion and their operative management based on frozen section (FS) diagnosis and final pathology. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma. FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma.

Table

Table 1. Demographic Information for 79 Patients With a Preoperative Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosis of Follicular Neoplasm/Lesion Who Underwent Intraoperative Frozen Section
 
Number of patientsPercent of patients
Total patients with frozen section79
Female5772%
Family history of thyroid disease2430%
History of radiation exposure911%
History of tobacco use2734%