Staging for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
MACIS score 20 year DSS (%) <6 99 6–6.99 89 7–7.99 56 >8 24 Score = 3.1 (if aged < or = 39 years) or 0.08 × age (if aged…
Surgical Intervention for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules
Clinical Rapid nodule growth Family or personal history of predisposition syndrome (e.g., PTEN hamartoma tumor, APC-associated polyposis, RET associated) Childhood exposure to ionizing radiation Younger (<18 years) or older (>50…
Integrative Approaches to Patients Undergoing Thyroid Surgery
Anemia Other autoimmune disorder (celiac disease, adrenal insufficiency, pernicious anemia, atrophic gastritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, multiple sclerosis) Lyme or tick-borne disease infections Sleep apnea Impaired sleep (shift work, bad habits…
The Role of Medical Management for Nodular Hyperthyroidism
× 100 The gland weight in grams can be estimated by palpation, by ultrasound, or by nuclear imaging; in practice the first two methods are most commonly used. The desired…
Surveillance of Treated Thyroid Cancer Patients and Thyroid Hormone Replacement and Suppression
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_22 22. Surveillance of Treated Thyroid Cancer Patients and Thyroid Hormone Replacement and Suppression…
Initial Radioiodine Ablation
Study Year Total subjects (n) rhTSH (n) THW (n) Definition of successful ablation Length of follow-up Successful ablation from rhTSH (n) Successful ablation from THW (n) p Lee et al….
Thyroid Nodular Disease and Thyroid Cancer During Pregnancy
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Sanziana A. Roman, Julie Ann Sosa and Carmen C. Solórzano (eds.)Management of Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10.1007/978-3-319-43618-0_18 18. Thyroid Nodular Disease and Thyroid Cancer During Pregnancy Trevor E. Angell1 and Erik K. Alexander1 (1)…
The Management of the Persistent and Recurrent Cervical Lymph Node Metastases
Fig. 17.1 Neck lymph nodes levels and compartments Central Neck As the region of the neck encasing the thyroid gland, the central neck (Level VI) is the most common location…
Management of Central Compartment Lymph Nodes in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Fig. 16.1 Anatomic landmarks for performing a central compartment neck dissection. The lymph nodes removed include the prelaryngeal (superior to the isthmus of the thyroid gland), pretracheal (inferior to the…
Surgical Management of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer
ATA low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (with all of the following): No local or distant metastases All macroscopic tumor has been resected No tumor invasion of locoregional tissues or structures The…
