Median sensitivity (range) (%) Median specificity (range) (%) Hypoechoic vs. surrounding parenchyma 81 % (48–90 %) 53 % (36–92 %) Hypoechoic vs. strap muscles 41 % (27–59 %) 94…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_24 24. Patient Counselling and Patients’ Involvement in Health Policy Dominique Van Doorne1 and Moreno Busolin1 (1) EUPATI National Liaison Team,…
Fig. 3.1 A colloid goiter showing a colloid droplet and clusters of typical follicular cells (LBC, Pap, 300×) The cytological findings of a nodular lesion in Graves’s disease is not…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_21 21. Critical Appraisal Randall P. Scheri1 and Julie Ann Sosa1 (1) Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA …
Fig. 6.1 (a) Ultrasound scan of a large, prevalently solid, cold thyroid nodule (DM 4.6 × 2.3 × 3.7 cm vol 20.3 cc). (b) Under ultrasound monitoring, two optical fibres are inserted into the…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_20 20. Topical Hemostatic Agents Luca Revelli1 , Serena Elisa Tempera1 , Chiara Bellantone1, Marco Raffaelli1 and Celestino Pio Lombardi1 (1) Unità Operativa di Chirurgia Endocrina e…
Fig. 7.1 Sequential US images of the moving shot technique. (a, b) The electrode is initially positioned at the periphery of the deep and remote portions of the target nodule,…
Fig. 5.1 Percutaneous ethanol injection: procedure of treatment. (a) Fluid drainage. (b) Needle tip within the fluid area of nodule. (c) Near total fluid removed. (d) Ethanol infusion Fig. 5.2…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_16 16. Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: Critical Appraisal and Future Perspectives Paolo Miccoli1 and Gabriele Materazzi1, 2 (1) Department of…
Fig. 11.1 Diagram of superficial cervical plexus 11.5 Types of Locoregional Block There are three types of locoregional blocks that can be used for thyroid and parathyroid surgery: the anterior…
