Candidates for observation Tumor characteristics Patient characteristics Medical team characteristics Ideal Solitary nodule, well-defined border, surrounded by thyroid normal thyroid tissue, stable on ultrasound, no ETE= Extrathyroidal extension, no evidence…
© 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_13 13. The Pediatric Thyroid Nodule and Papillary Thyroid Cancer Management Scott A. Rivkees1 and Catherine A. Dinauer2,…
1999 2005 Procedure High Low p valuea High Low p valuea Oncology Colectomy Mortality (%) 1.3 3.5 <0.001 2.3 2.8 NS LOS (mean days) 8.5 10.0 <0.001 8.1 9.7…
Fig. 9.1 Radioactive iodine scans. The appearance of a radioactive uptake scan for both toxic multinodular goiter (left) and Graves’ disease (right) is shown, with the shaded or gray areas…
© 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_7 7. Surveillance of Benign Thyroid Nodules Elizabeth H. Holt1 (1) Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism,…
(1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 2.1 Introduction Throughout the world diabetic retinopathy (DR) has emerged as a major cause of permanent loss of vision among people over the…
(1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 7.1 Introduction The vitreous humor is the most abundant ocular tissue, comprising the majority (4 ml) of the eye’s volume. Often referred to…
(1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 3.1 Introduction The lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome throughout the early part of the twentieth century meant that a greater proportion of patients…
(1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 4.1 Introduction Laser photocoagulation was the preferred treatment for the complications of diabetic retinopathy – diabetic macular edema (DME) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy…
(1) Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 6.1 Introduction The use of the intraocular pharmaceutical agents that were discussed in Chapters 4 and 5 has transformed the treatment of diabetic…
